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Remotely operated vehicle Deep Discoverer is being prepared for deployment on the deck of NOAAS Okeanos Explorer as part of deepwater exploration of the Mariana Islands, Guam, in 2016.
NOAA WP-3D Orion N42RF, a hurricane hunter also known as Kermit, tak s off from Tampa,
also known as Kermit, takes off from Tampa, Fla., en route to Shannon, Ireland, Jan. 18, 2017, to support mission Ocean Winds.
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NOAAS Nancy Foster recently was deployed to Ponce, Puerto Rico.
Lt. j.g. Refael Klein, station chief at the NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory’s baseline observatory, stands beside the south pole in Antarctica.
PHOTOS: CLOCKWISE FROM TOP RIGHT, NOAA OFFICE OF OCEAN EXPLORATION AND RESEARCH; LT. KEVIN DOREMUS, NOAA; PHILLIP MARZETTE; CONOR MAGINN; SENIOR AIRMAN NED JOHNSTON, USAF; NOAA. INFOGRAPHIC: JOHN HARMAN; OPERATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS PROVIDED BY NOAA PUBLIC AFFAIRS; MAP: RETO STÖCKLI/NASA EARTH OBSERVATORY
Homeports: Honolulu Kodiak, Alaska Ketchikan, Alaska Newport, Ore. San Diego Pascagoula, Miss. Charleston, S.C. Norfolk, Va. Davisville, R.I. Newport, R.I. New Castle, N.H.
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Ship fleet missions: Fish-stock assessments, marine mammal surveys, seafloor mapping, oceanographic research, exploration, and marine habitat studies.
Nautical miles sailed, 2016: 363,250
Aircraft base: Tampa, Fla. — relocating to Lakeland in June 2017
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Aircraft fleet missions: Tropical cyclone research, recon- naissance, and surveillance; marine life surveys; coastal mapping; emer- gency response; and snow and soil moisture surveys.
Mission hours flown, 2016: 4,710
Recent aircraft deployments: WP-3D Orion Shannon, Ireland
King Air 350 CER Houston
DHC-6 Twin Otter Grand Forks, N.D.
Jet Prop AC-695A Eden Prairie, Minn.
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Recent ship deployments: NOAAS Ferdinand R. Hassler Charleston, S.C.
NOAAS Henry B. Bigelow Newport, R.I.
NOAAS Okeanos Explorer Apia, Samoa
NOAAS Nancy Foster Ponce, Puerto Rico
NOAAS Ronald H. Brown Montevideo, Uruguay
NOAAS Oregon II Pascagoula, Miss.
NOAAS Oscar Dyson Kodiak, Alaska
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NOAAS Hi’ialakai Guam
NOAAS Oscar Elton Sette Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
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