| 1950 |  |
Preparing to land at Station Baldy in Quail Bay. Party off of PATHFINDER. |
Quail Bay, Kagalaska Island, Aleutians, Alaska 1953 |
1951 |  |
Landing on an exposed coast. Party off of SURVEYOR. |
Alaska, Baranof Island area 1924 |
1952 |  |
Plane table party packing up and going back to ship. Party off of SURVEYOR. |
Alaska, Kenai Peninsula area 1927 |
1953 |  |
Surf landing west of Icy Point. Party off of SURVEYOR. |
North of Cross Sound, Southeast Alaska 1924 |
1954 |  |
Landing weasel with native umiak. Party off of PATHFINDER. |
St. Lawrence Island, Alaska 1952 |
1955 |  |
Getting off of Pelican Cay. Party off of WHITING. |
Pelican Cay, U. S. Virgin Islands 1975 |
1956 |  |
Launch a skiff at low tide. Party off of LESTER JONES. |
Alaska, Kanakanak, Nushagak Bay, Bristol Bay 1948 |
1957 |  |
ELSIE III aground on Elsie Shoal. |
South of Fernandina Beach, Florida Ca. 1925 |
1958 |  |
The ELSIE III motor sailer on a good day. |
Florida east coast 1924 |
1959 |  |
Recovering the ELSIE III motor sailer after it was swamped during a squall. |
Florida east coast 1924 |
1960 |  |
Towing the ELSIE III motor sailer ashore. |
Florida east coast 1924 |
1961 |  |
A sick engine being taken out of NOAA Launch 1257 for a trip to the shop. |
Panama City, Florida October 1977 |
1962 |  |
Outboard engine problems - some things never change. Party off the LYDONIA. |
Jacksonville, Florida 1930 |
1963 |  |
NOAA's ark at half tide - this boat hung up while surveying at high tide. Boat was recovered to survey another day. |
Stevens Passage area 1980 |
1964 |  |
A charter boat used for current surveys in Boston Harbor. Current survey party of Ralph W. Woodworth. |
Massachusetts, Boston Harbor 1926 |
1965 |  |
Loading a weasel on a umiak. Party off of PATHFINDER. |
St. Lawrence Island, Bering Sea, Alaska 1954 |
1966 |  |
Checking aids to navigation from Boston Whaler. Party off of PEIRCE during chart evaluation surveys. |
Miami, Florida Ca. 1978 |
1967 |  |
Zodiac rubber boat off of DISCOVERER. Used to check oceanographic buoys on DOMES studies. |
Tropical Pacific Ocean 1976 |
1968 |  |
Boston whaler off of RESEARCHER. Used during studies of IXTOC I oil spill. |
Mexico, Bay of Campeche 1979 |
1969 |  |
NOAA Research Vessel LAIDLY deploying oceanographic buoy. |
Great Lakes Ca. 1980 |
1970 |  |
The WILDCAT in heavy seas from the stern of the SURVEYOR. |
Off Kodiak Island, Alaska 1929 |
1971 |  |
The COSMOS in heavy seas off Cape Chacon. |
Alaska, Cape Chacon, Southeast Alaska Ca. 1913 |
1972 |  |
Boston whaler hopping the wake of a survey launch. Party off of FAIRWEATHER. |
Alaska, Cold Bay area, Alaska Peninsula 1985 |
1973 |  |
Wiredrag ship HILGARD pitching in heavy seas. |
United States East Coast Ca. 1960 |
1974 |  |
The end of a survey day. Passing the fathometer records to the survey techs for scanning. Lt. Theberge passing records, Lt. Fred Jones climbing ladder. Operations on NOAA Ship SURVEYOR |
Pago Pago, American Samoa January1971 |
1975 |  |
Launch hooked and ready for pickup. Coxswain Tosh Kaiura ready to climb ladder to ship. Operations on NOAA Ship SURVEYOR. |
Pago Pago, American Samoa January 1971 |
1976 |  |
Launch picked up and swinging to cradle. Operations on NOAA Ship SURVEYOR. |
Pago Pago, American Samoa January 1971 |
1977 |  |
Survey launch being put over side. Operations on NOAA Ship SURVEYOR. |
Alaska, Cook Inlet, Kalgin Island 1967 |
1978 |  |
PEIRCE launch alongside ready for pickup. Lt. (j.g.) Marty Conricote ready to secure bow hook. |
Delaware Bay, New Jersey side 1985 |
1979 |  |
PEIRCE launch approaching ship for pickup. |
Delaware Bay, New Jersey side 1985 |
1980 |  |
Leave party returning to ship. Off of C&GS Ship PIONEER. |
Alaska, Ketchikan 1941 |
1981 |  |
Launch returning to the PIONEER. |
Alaska, False Pass or Isanotski Strait, SW Alaska 1925 |
1982 |  |
Launch coming alongside EXPLORER. |
Alaska, Chitka Cove, Amchitka Island, Aleutian Is. 1949 |
1983 |  |
Towing 2000 gallon freshwater floatation cell back to ship. Party off of EXPLORER. |
Alaska, Amchitka Island, Aleutian Islands 1950 |
1984 |  |
Launch approaching ship with shore party. Party off of PATHFINDER. |
Alaska Bering Sea, St. Paul Is, Pribilof Islands 1953 |
1985 |  |
Lowering away with boat filled with Shoran gear for station installation. Party off of PATHFINDER. |
Alaska, Cape Kutuzof, Bristol Bay 1960 |
1986 |  |
Boston whaler approaching WHITING. Seaman Lavin on bow, Lt. Bradford Meyers at controls. |
Georgia coast 1974 |
1987 |  |
Securing Boston Whaler for pickup. Lt. (j.g.) Ed Gullickson on bow hook. |
Georgia coast 1974 |
1988 |  |
Picking up skiff on FAIRWEATHER. |
Alaska, Cold Bay area, Alaska Peninsula 1985 |
1989 |  |
Picking up skiff on FAIRWEATHER. |
Alaska, Cold Bay area, Alaska Peninsula 1985 |
1990 |  |
Steam launch COSMOS being towed from SURVEYOR. Cruising in the Inside Passage. |
Alaska Southeast 1925 |
1991 |  |
HILGARD towing launch. |
Maine, Casco Bay 1943 |
1992 |  |
Launching survey boat with D-8 caterpillar at Nevat Camp. Arctic Field Party. |
Alaska, Nevat Camp, Beaufort Sea July 1948 |
1993 |  |
Towing a boat astern of the LESTER JONES. |
Alaska Southeast 1963 |
1994 |  |
Launch towing 4 current buoys to area not accessible by ship. Launch off of MARMER. |
Virginia, York River area, Chesapeake Bay 1966 |
1995 |  |
Casting off from the PIONEER. |
California Southern Ca. 1933 |
1996 |  |
Traveling by canoe to the day's work. Leveling work along the Colorado River. |
Arizona, Colorado River Ca. 1923 |
1997 |  |
Leaving the ship in a skiff. Party off of EXPLORER. |
Alaska Southeast 1928 |
1998 |  |
The Launch Audwin - transportation for the astro party of George D. Cowie. |
Alaska Southeast 1923 |
1999 |  |
Lowering Launch Alpha at King's Cove. Operations on the PATTERSON. |
Alaska, King's Cove, Alaska Peninsula 1915 |