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NOAA Ship Rainier surveys for the safety of Alaskan fishermen
“But more wonderful than the lore of old men and the lore of books is the secret lore of ocean.” H.P. Lovecraft, author Working on a NOAA ship, discovering ocean secrets, is an enviable job as well as...
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NOAA Ship Rainier completes year’s surveys along Alaskan archipelago, heads...
NOAA Ship Rainier is due to arrive at its homeport in Newport, Ore., on November 1, completing the ship’s 2012 hydrographic survey season. (Watch Rainier’s progress on NOAA’s Ship Tracker.) This survey...
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NOAA hydro survey season underway
Spring is always a noteworthy time at Coast Survey, as the hydrographic season gets underway. This year is no exception, with some neat projects ahead. On the East Coast, NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson...
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A picture is worth a thousand words – about updating Alaska charts
In late May, NOAA Ship Rainier officially started her Chatham Strait hydrographic survey project in southeast Alaska. It’s often difficult to imagine the age of many of the depth measurements depicted...
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NOAA Ship Rainier + enthusiastic students = future hydrographers?
On September 13, NOAA Ship Rainier began surveying Cold Bay, its fourth project of the summer. Cold Bay is a small town on the Aleutian Peninsula approximately 540 miles southwest of Anchorage, Alaska....
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Beyond the charts: geological highlights from NOAA’s 2013 hydrographic field...
–By Christy Fandel, Coast Survey physical scientist Have you ever wondered what lies beneath the charted soundings on a nautical chart? While surveying Alaskan waters during the 2013 hydrographic field...
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Rainier beauty X 3
NOAA Ship Rainier had the wonderful fortune of cool, clear weather on March 13 as they fueled at the Navy Fuel Depot in Manchester, WA. This provided a clear view of Mount Rainier. However, it is...
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NOAA hydro field season underway
The 2014 hydrographic survey season is underway, with the NOAA fleet beginning its projects for this year. Have you ever wondered how Coast Survey goes about determining where to survey and when?...
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Correcting chart discrepancies at Alaska’s Whale Passage
by Ensign Sarah Chappel, NOAA Ship Rainier NOAA Ship Rainier recently surveyed Whale Passage, which separates Whale Island from Kodiak Island, Alaska. The area has never been surveyed with modern full...
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NOAA Ship Rainier surveying the waters off Washington
A NOAA ship plying the waters off the coast often inspires public curiosity. This is especially true when boaters and others see the ship or her launches just go back and forth, back and forth, all...
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Olympic Coast survey provides data for multiple uses
Coastal planners, fishery managers, and oceanographic researchers will soon reap important seafloor and water column data from the coast of Washington, when NOAA Ship Rainier undertakes a special...
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NOAA Ship Rainier surveys Uganik Bay
By Ensign Michelle Levano NOAA Ship Rainier recently arrived in Uganik Bay, off of northwest Kodiak Island, to complete hydrographic survey operations in Uganik Passage and Uganik Bay, including the...
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Change of command for NOAA Ship Rainier
The crew of NOAA Ship Rainier (S-221) hosted a change of command on January 12 while moored in its homeport of Newport, Oregon. Cmdr. John Lomnicky accepted command of Rainer, replacing Capt. Edward...
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NOAA Ship Rainier surveys the waters around Kodiak Island
by ENS Michelle Levano Kodiak Island is the 2nd largest island in the United States; it is part of the Kodiak Island Archipelago, a group of islands roughly the size of Connecticut. Due to the island’s...
View ArticleTake a 360 tour of NOAA Ship RAINIER
In celebration of 50 years of survey and service to the nation, NOAA ships Rainier and Fairweather—two of NOAA’s hydrographic survey vessels—will be opening their doors and hosting public ship tours....
View ArticleNOAA ships Fairweather and Rainier mark 50 years of service and survey
To recognize the successful history of NOAA ships Fairweather and Rainier, as well as the professional mariners, hydrographers, and commissioned officers who have served aboard these ships for the...
View ArticleCrew of NOAA Ship Rainier surveys Everett, Washington, to update charts
By Lt. j.g. Michelle Levano As NOAA Ship Rainier underwent repairs in South Seattle, the ship’s survey launches and their crews carried out a project to update nautical charts around the Port of...
View ArticleFrom NOAA Ship Fairweather to Mt. Fairweather: Commanding officer summits...
By Cmdr. Mark Van Waes, former Commanding Officer of NOAA Ship Fairweather Mount Fairweather stands tall above Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, dominating the skyline for miles around (when...
View ArticleNOAA Ship Rainier completes hydrographic surveys in Southeast Alaska
By Ensign Airlie Pickett In early June of this year, NOAA Ship Rainier headed up the inside passage to Southeast Alaska to conduct hydrographic survey operations in two project areas. The first, Tracy...
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