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NOAA's Fleet Then and Now - Sailing for Science Collection
Catalog of Images

2400 thumbnail picture
Boston whaler off of RESEARCHER. Used during studies of IXTOC I oil spill.
Mexico, Bay of Campeche 1979
2401 thumbnail picture
NOAA Research Vessel LAIDLY deploying oceanographic buoy.
Great Lakes Ca. 1980
2402 thumbnail picture
The WILDCAT in heavy seas from the stern of the SURVEYOR.
Off Kodiak Island, Alaska 1929
2403 thumbnail picture
The COSMOS in heavy seas off Cape Chacon.
Alaska, Cape Chacon, Southeast Alaska Ca. 1913
2404 thumbnail picture
Boston whaler hopping the wake of a survey launch. Party off of FAIRWEATHER.
Alaska, Cold Bay area, Alaska Peninsula 1985
2405 thumbnail picture
Wiredrag ship HILGARD pitching in heavy seas.
United States East Coast Ca. 1960
2406 thumbnail picture
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
2407 thumbnail picture
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
2408 thumbnail picture
Launch picked up and swinging to cradle. Operations on NOAA Ship SURVEYOR.
Pago Pago, American Samoa January 1971
2409 thumbnail picture
Survey launch being put over side. Operations on NOAA Ship SURVEYOR.
Alaska, Cook Inlet, Kalgin Island 1967
2410 thumbnail picture
PEIRCE launch alongside ready for pickup. Lt. (j.g.) Marty Conricote ready to secure bow hook.
Delaware Bay, New Jersey side 1985
2411 thumbnail picture
PEIRCE launch approaching ship for pickup.
Delaware Bay, New Jersey side 1985
2412 thumbnail picture
Leave party returning to ship. Off of C&GS Ship PIONEER.
Alaska, Ketchikan 1941
2413 thumbnail picture
Launch returning to the PIONEER.
Alaska, False Pass or Isanotski Strait, SW Alaska 1925
2414 thumbnail picture
Launch coming alongside EXPLORER.
Alaska, Chitka Cove, Amchitka Island, Aleutian Is. 1949
2415 thumbnail picture
Towing 2000 gallon freshwater floatation cell back to ship. Party off of EXPLORER.
Alaska, Amchitka Island, Aleutian Islands 1950
2416 thumbnail picture
Launch approaching ship with shore party. Party off of PATHFINDER.
Alaska Bering Sea, St. Paul Is, Pribilof Islands 1953
2417 thumbnail picture
Lowering away with boat filled with Shoran gear for station installation. Party off of PATHFINDER.
Alaska, Cape Kutuzof, Bristol Bay 1960
2418 thumbnail picture
Boston whaler approaching WHITING. Seaman Lavin on bow, Lt. Bradford Meyers at controls.
Georgia coast 1974
2419 thumbnail picture
Securing Boston Whaler for pickup. Lt. (j.g.) Ed Gullickson on bow hook.
Georgia coast 1974
2420 thumbnail picture
Picking up skiff on FAIRWEATHER.
Alaska, Cold Bay area, Alaska Peninsula 1985
2421 thumbnail picture
Picking up skiff on FAIRWEATHER.
Alaska, Cold Bay area, Alaska Peninsula 1985
2422 thumbnail picture
Steam launch COSMOS being towed from SURVEYOR. Cruising in the Inside Passage.
Alaska Southeast 1925
2423 thumbnail picture
HILGARD towing launch.
Maine, Casco Bay 1943
2424 thumbnail picture
Launching survey boat with D-8 caterpillar at Nevat Camp. Arctic Field Party.
Alaska, Nevat Camp, Beaufort Sea July 1948
2425 thumbnail picture
Towing a boat astern of the LESTER JONES.
Alaska Southeast 1963
2426 thumbnail picture
Launch towing 4 current buoys to area not accessible by ship. Launch off of MARMER.
Virginia, York River area, Chesapeake Bay 1966
2427 thumbnail picture
Casting off from the PIONEER.
California Southern Ca. 1933
2428 thumbnail picture
Traveling by canoe to the day's work. Leveling work along the Colorado River.
Arizona, Colorado River Ca. 1923
2429 thumbnail picture
Leaving the ship in a skiff. Party off of EXPLORER.
Alaska Southeast 1928
2430 thumbnail picture
The Launch Audwin - transportation for the astro party of George D. Cowie.
Alaska Southeast 1923
2431 thumbnail picture
Lowering Launch Alpha at King's Cove. Operations on the PATTERSON.
Alaska, King's Cove, Alaska Peninsula 1915
2432 thumbnail picture
The "Bug" skimming across the water. Party off of EXPLORER.
Alaska Southeast 1927
2433 thumbnail picture
The steam launch COSMOS.
Alaska Southeast Ca. 1900
2434 thumbnail picture
The steam launch COSMOS during its last season.
Alaska Southeast 1927
2435 thumbnail picture
The launch Delta.
Alaska Southeast 1915
2436 thumbnail picture
The launch ECHO.
Massachusetts, Quick's Hole July 24, 1931
2437 thumbnail picture
The chartered launch ELSINORE. Used for wiredrag.
Alaska Southeast 1931
2438 thumbnail picture
Survey launches with quarterboat GIANT in tow. The GIANT was used as quarters for the survey party while working in swamp areas .
Louisiana coast 1935
2439 thumbnail picture
The launch HELIANTHUS.
Alaska, Kenai Peninsula area 1928
2440 thumbnail picture
The training launch MIKAWE.
Virginia, Norfolk 1927
2441 thumbnail picture
The training launch MIKAWE.
Washington, D.C., Engineer's Dock Ca. 1929
2442 thumbnail picture
The MIKAWE dressed for the 4th of July.
Virginia, Norfolk July 4, 1928
2443 thumbnail picture
The training launch MIKAWE.
Virginia, Tidewater area Ca. 1927
2444 thumbnail picture
The launch MITCHELL. Conducting current surveys.
Rhode Island, Narragansett Bay 1930
2445 thumbnail picture
The launch OGDEN. Conducting Boston Harbor current surveys.
Massachusetts, Boston Harbor 1926
2446 thumbnail picture
The launch OGDEN. Conducting Boston Harbor current surveys.
Massachusetts, Boston Harbor 1926
2447 thumbnail picture
The launch OGDEN. Conducting current surveys.
New Hampshire, Portsmouth Harbor 1931
2448 thumbnail picture
The launches RODGERS and MITCHELL covered for storage. Used for wire drag work.
Virginia, Norfolk 1933
2449 thumbnail picture
The launch SCANDINAVIA. Described as " a fine launch but with quarters for only 3 men".
Alaska Southeast 1927

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