NOAA Ship PISCES

NOAA Ship PISCES

NOAA Ship PISCES

NOAA Ship PISCES launch photo #1.

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NOAA Ship BELL SHIMADA

NOAA Ship BELL SHIMADA

NOAA Ship MILLER FREEMAN in an Alaska fjord

NOAA Ship OKEANOS EXPLORER approaching the Golden Gate Bridge while departing San Francisco.

NOAA Ship OKEANOS EXPLORER at the pier.

Dr. Steve Hammond, RADM Jon Bailey, NOAA Administrator Conrad Lautenbacher, commanding officer Commander Joe Pico, unidentified, ocean explorer Dr. Robert Ballard, and unknown celebrate the commissioning of the NOAA Ship OKEANOS EXPLORER.

NOAA Ship OKEANOS EXPLORER - starboard view

NOAA Ship DAVID STARR JORDAN

Stern view of NOAA Ship THOMAS JEFFERSON

Starboard side of NOAA Ship PISCES

NOAA Ship JOHN N. COBB

Deploying a robotic vehicle from the NOAA Ship NANCY FOSTER

Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory ship facility at Muskegon.

NOAA Research Vessel SHENEHON at the Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory ship facility in Muskegon.

NOAA Great Lakes Research Vessel LAURENTIAN

NOAA Great Lakes Research Vessel STORM

NOAA Great Lakes Research Vessel STORM

Search pattern employed successfully by NOAA Ship THOMAS JEFFERSON in search for downed aircraft's pilot.

Deploying NOAA PMEL Agulhas Return Current (ARC) buoy. The ARC buoy has the first MAPCO2 system deployed in the Southern Indian Ocean.

National Marine Sanctuary Vessel MANTA

National Marine Sanctuary Vessel MANTA

A buoy of the Chesapeake Bay Interpretive Buoy System which are used to mark the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail. They also have sensors for meteorological, oceanographic, and water-quality data that is telemetered to processing facilities.

Unraveling tangled derelict longline monofilament fishing line from scientific gear on the OSCAR ELTON SETTE.

Recovering derelict longline monofilament fishing line, a form of marine debris, for disposal on board the OSCAR ELTON SETTE

A buoy of the Chesapeake Bay Interpretive Buoy System ready for deployment from Coast Guard Buoy tender. These are used to mark the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail. They also have sensors for meteorological, oceanographic, and water-quality data that is telemetered to processing facilities.

Deploying a CTD rosette with water sampling bottles. Dr. Christopher Sabine, present head of NOAA/OAR/Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratories is assisting in launch aboard NOAA Ship RONALD H. BROWN

Christening ceremony for NOAA Ship BELL M. SHIMADA

Deploying a Boston Whaler from the starboard quarter of the NOAA Ship OCEANOGRAPHER somewhere in the Inside Passage.

The jolly boatmen of the Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship WESTDAHL. "Happy are we, fearless and free, Rowing our boats o'er the deep blue sea, Ladies, at best, hold landsmen cheap --Pull away merrily, all pull cheerily. Beauty smiles on the sons of the deep -- Pull away merrily, all pull cheerily. Happy are we, fearless and free, Rowing our boat o'er the deep blue sea."

Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship SURVEYOR "Old Workhorse" , in the locks at Seattle. Departing for what was probably its first field season.

Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship SURVEYOR "Old Workhorse" , in the locks at Seattle. Departing for what was probably its first field season.

Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship BOWIE CSS 27

Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship BOWIE CSS 27

Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship BOWIE CSS 27

Oceanographic operations on the Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship PIONEER. Lieutenant Commander Harley Nygren on the platform.

Oceanographic operations on the Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship PIONEER. Lieutenant Commander Harley Nygren on the platform attaching Nansen bottle and thermometer to wire.