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Identifier Description
17ft Whaler (PCLAB Small Boat) 17ft Whaler used by the Panama City Lab View
54JR
4cd0a736-dc30-4fd1-918f-22b8f22e1c67 		The JOIDES Resolution is a riserless drilling vessel operated for worldwide scientific drilling during the Ocean Drilling Program (ODP), the Integrate... View
Albatross IV (AL)
c9ebe503-5a04-4a3f-9c72-12cd4cc11c64 		The NOAA Ship Albatross IV conducted fishery and living marine resource research in support of NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Northe... View
APH-22 It's a vertical take off/landing (VTOL) hexacopter drone. View
AQUA > Earth Observing System, AQUA
8293A0696482322CE040AC8C5AB453FE 		AQUA - Formerly called EOS PM-1. Launched: May 4, 2002. Instruments: AIRS, AMSU-A, HSB, AMSR-E, MODIS, and CERES. Expected End Date: May 31, 2012. Equ... View
AR
d0527400-5ae6-11e4-8ed6-0800200c9a66 		When active, the McArthur conducted oceanographic research and assessments, primarily throughout the area of the Exclusive Economic Zone of the Pacifi... View
Argus
14aa4f40-23c6-11e4-8c21-0800200c9a66 		ROV Hercules always operates in tandem with another vehicle, Argus. Referred to as a "tow sled", Argus dangles at the end of a cable from the ship. Be... View
Armstrong (AR)
05e94496-2ecc-437d-b875-6c037c8236b5 		The R/V Neil Armstrong supports advanced oceanographic research in tropical and temperate oceans around the world. It also serves the academic communi... View
Atlantis (AT)
372959e0-9e98-11e1-a8b0-0800200c9a66 		The research vessel (R/V) Atlantis is owned by the U.S. Navy and operated by WHOI for the oceanographic community. It is one of the most sophisticated... View
Bell M. Shimada (SH)
dfe238e9-703a-451c-af6b-29ba1b192468 		The fourth vessel of its kind, Bell M. Shimada offers fisheries scientists the ability to monitor fish populations without altering their behavior, al... View
Blazing Seven
1fadf650-8e55-4e17-b66b-e2e96347106f 		Research vessel owned by and operated by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries View
Brooks McCall
ffee1db0-cc2f-11e1-9b23-0800200c9a66 		The Brooks McCall is one of five research vessels owned and operated by TDI-Brooks Interanational, Inc., which has a focus on petroleum geochemistry, ... View
BRUVS Baited Remote Underwater Video Station (BRUVS): A type of remote video system used to conduct reef fish surveys to ~100-m depths that uses a pair of h... View
Cape Fear
7fb77e40-9171-11e2-9e96-0800200c9a66 		The R/V Cape Fear is a fast, comfortable vessel available for research, training, and educational cruises in waters from near-shore to the continental... View
Celtic Voyager
00f4aaaa-fdd0-45db-a153-4a7cd934edc0 		The RV Celtic Voyager has wet, dry and chemical laboratories, which are permanently fitted with standard scientific equipment and can accommodate 6 - ... View
Cessna Caravan aircraft View
CH
48490020-5abd-11e4-8ed6-0800200c9a66 		The NOAA Ship Chapman conducted fishery and marine resource research supporting the research of NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Pasca... View
Charter vessels-small boats various vessels ranging in size (20-40 ft length) chartered for cetacean surveys when a NOAA small boat is not available. View
Clearwater
896e5a71-5633-4742-b7b9-7fd2284ea49e 		Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc. owns and operates the sloop Clearwater, the centerpiece of Clearwater's public education programs. Clearwater serv... View
Commercial Florida Shark Gillnet Fishing Fleet Commercial Vessel in the Florida Shark Gillnet Fishing Fleet that collects scientific ancillary to its commercial fishing activities View
David Starr Jordan
349ebfc3-d527-48bc-8712-05c85a2d260b 		The David Starr Jordan was designed and built for the U.S. Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, which later became part of the National Oceanic and Atmosph... View
Deep Discoverer
c4bf0240-e28b-11e2-a28f-0800200c9a66 		Deep Discoverer, or "D2", is a 6,000m rated ocean exploration remotely operated vehicle (ROV). Operating from the NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer (R337), D... View
Delaware II (DE)
8c13f64d-44b0-42d1-bb63-3704d66f1072 		The NOAA Ship DELAWARE II conducts fishery and living marine resource research in support of NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Northeas... View
Derek M. Baylis
a69e0d30-d852-11e2-a28f-0800200c9a66 		The Derek M. Baylis is 65-foot auxiliary-powered sailing research vessel built to U.S. Coast Guard Subchapter T specifications. The vessel was named a... View
Diel Suite The Ocean Acidification Diel Suite is not a physical platform (boat, buoy, etc.), but rather a collection of instruments deployed together on the seaf... View
DMSP 5D-2/F10 > Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F10
8293A069645E322CE040AC8C5AB453FE 		DMSP F10 - Launched December 1, 1990. Instruments: OLS, SSM/I, SSM/T, SSJ/4 and SSIES. Operational Dates: March 9, 1992 - November 4, 1997. View
DMSP 5D-2/F11 > Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F11
8293A0696461322CE040AC8C5AB453FE 		DMSP F11 - Launched on November 28, 1991. Instruments: OLS, SSM/I, SSM/T, SSM/T2, SSJ/4 and SSIES. Operational Dates: December 6, 1991 - May 16, 2000. View
DMSP 5D-2/F12 > Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F12
8293A0696464322CE040AC8C5AB453FE 		DMSP F12 - Launched August 28, 1994. Instruments: OLS, SSB/X-2, SSI/ES-2, SSJ/4, SSM, SSM/I, SSM/T and SSM/T2. Operational dates: September 8, 1994 - ... View
DMSP 5D-2/F13 > Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F13
8293A0696467322CE040AC8C5AB453FE 		DMSP 5D-2/F13 - Launched March 24, 1995. Instruments: OLS, SSB/X, SSI/ES-2, SSJ/4, SSM, SSM/I, SSM/T and SSZ. Operational dates: March 25, 1995 - pres... View
DMSP 5D-2/F14 > Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F14
8293A069644C322CE040AC8C5AB453FE 		DMSP F14 - Launched on April 10, 1997. Instruments: OLS, SSB/X-2, SSI/ES-2, SSJ/4, SSM, SSM/I, SSM/T and SSM/T2. Operational dates: April 4, 1997 - pr... View
DMSP 5D-2/F15 > Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F15
8293A069646A322CE040AC8C5AB453FE 		DMSP 5D-2/F15 - Launched on December 12, 1999. Instruments: OLS, SB/X-2, SSI/ES-2, SSJ/4, SSM, SSM/I, SSM/T and SSM/T2. Operational dates: January 24,... View
DMSP 5D-2/F16 > Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F16
8293A069646D322CE040AC8C5AB453FE 		DMSP F16 - Launched October 18, 2003. Instruments: SSM/IS. Operational dates: November 4, 2005 - present. View
DMSP 5D-3/F17 > Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F17
8293A069647C322CE040AC8C5AB453FE 		DMSP F17 - Launched November 4 2006. Instruments: OLS, SSMI/S, SSJ/5, SSIES and SSM. Operational dates: Nov 2006 - present. Orbital Details: Periapsis... View
DMSP 5D-3/F18 > Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-F18
95BD4CCC-D278-8DE4-E040-0AC8C5BB43B6 		DMSP-F18, also known as DMSP 5D-3 F18 or USA 210, is a US Department of Defense weather satellite launched on an Atlas 5 rocket on 18 October 2009 at ... View
DMSP > Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
eb6df8e3-9614-45ba-9e1f-b748b0afa13d 		The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program(DMSP) is a Department of Defense(DoD) program run by the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center(SMC).... View
DSCOVR > Deep Space Climate Observatory
aaecf884-4a79-4d1a-9824-aa3dd031adaf 		Deep Space Climate Observatory is a NOAA Earth observation and space weather satellite stationed at the first Lagrange point (L1). View
Endurance
0d51eab0-df56-11e2-a28f-0800200c9a66 		The R/V Endurance, owned by the Bermuda Zoological Society, is a Guimond 45 from Millennium Marine, 2008. It is a New Brunswick Lobster boat style hul... View
ERS-1 > European Remote Sensing Satellite-1
8293A0696473322CE040AC8C5AB453FE 		ERS-1 - Launched July 17, 1991. Instruments: SAR, RA, ATSR, MWR, WS and PRARE. Decommissioned: March 10, 2000. View
ERS-2 > European Remote Sensing Satellite-2
8293A0696470322CE040AC8C5AB453FE 		ERS-2 - Launched: April 21, 1995. Instruments: SAR, GLOBE, RA, ATSR, MWR, WS and PRARE. View
F/V Aleutian Mariner commercial pot vessel View
F/V Buccaneer commercial longline View
F/V Willow A 32-ft. gillnet vessel. View
F5801
14342d00-5abd-11e4-8ed6-0800200c9a66 		58 foot shrimp trawler View
F6501
ca2d85d0-5abc-11e4-8ed6-0800200c9a66 		The 1973 aluminum 65' vessel was constructed by Alumaship Corporation of Jeanerette, LA as an Aids to Navigation Vessel (Buoy Tender). The boat was ac... View
Falkor (FK)
391b3824-b82f-40c1-9a53-ef1cdfd9f0c6 		R/V Falkor is an 82.9 m (272 ft) LOA ship originally built in 1981 in Lübeck, Germany as a fishery protection vessel. The ship went through an extensi... View
Fetch1 AUV
eb1e3eb0-2e77-11e2-81c1-0800200c9a66 		Fetch continues to be an essential part of the research lab at VIMS. Diving down to 1,000 feet for up to 4 hours, the robot can measure water quality ... View
fishing vessels Catch all for unidentified commercial fishing vessels. View
Frosti
bb7a7122-02dd-490c-b338-536186f71ee5 		Frosti is a private fishing trawler owned and operated by Frosti Fishing Nanoose Bay, BC, Canada View
Fugro Americas (FA)
da021fde-ee36-4901-a115-66b8f8854efd 		The Fugro Americas is a multi-purpose vessel well suited for high resolution geophysical surveys and seafloor mapping. Measuring 193 feet in length, t... View
Fugro Discovery (FD)
64490799-bad1-48eb-939a-142f0f56b4d9 		This vessel, which was purpose built for the Norwegian Navy, has undergone a conversion to provide multi-role survey capabilities. The vessel has perm... View
Galveston Lab Owned Boat Boat or Boats Used By The Galveston Lab For Single Day Trips View
Global Positioning System (GPS) The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a U.S.-owned utility that provides users with positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) services. This system c... View
GOES-1 > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 1
8293A06964A9322CE040AC8C5AB453FE 		GOES-1 Launched: October 16, 1975. Primary Instrument: VISSR. Dates of operation: October 1975 - Febuary 1985. Operational status: Decommissioned. Thi... View
GOES-10 > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 10
8293A0696455322CE040AC8C5AB453FE 		GOES-10 - Spacecraft Letter: K. Launched: April 25, 1997. Spacecraft Location: 135 West (previous location) Instruments: Imager, Sounder and SEM. AOCS... View
GOES-11 > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 11
8e67f420-3c28-11df-9879-0800200c9a66 		GOES-11 Spacecraft Letter: L. Launched: May 3, 2000. Spacecraft Location: 135 West. Instruments: Imager, Sounder and SEM. AOCS Mode: V-MODE. Operation... View
GOES-12 > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 12
8293A0696458322CE040AC8C5AB453FE 		GOES-12 - Spacecraft Letter: M. Launch Date: July 23, 2001. Spacecraft Location: 75 West. Instruments: Imager, Sounder, SEM and SXI. AOCS Mode: V. Ope... View
GOES-13 > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 13
877342E6-51A1-11AC-E040-0AC8C5AB406C 		GOES-13 - Spacecraft Letter: N. Launch Date: May 24, 2006. Spacecraft Location: 75 West. Instruments: Imager, Sounder, SEM and SXI. AOCS Mode: ON-ORBI... View
GOES-16 > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 16
0452df5e-c53c-4a74-ab90-2f5630fdeff0 		GOES-16 - Spacecraft Letter: R. Launch Date: November 19, 2016. Instruments: ABI, GLM, EXIS, SUVI, SEISS and Magnetometer. View
GOES-2 > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 2
8293A0696488322CE040AC8C5AB453FE 		GOES-2 Spacecraft Letter: B. Launch Date: June 16, 1977. The spin-stabilized spacecraft carried a visible infrared spin-scan radiometer, meteorologica... View
GOES-3 > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 3
8293A0696485322CE040AC8C5AB453FE 		GOES-3 Spacecraft Letter: C. Launch Date: June 16, 1978. Primary instruments: VISSR. Inclination: 10.76 degrees. Avg. Altitude: 22231 miles. Longitude... View
GOES-4 > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 4
8293A069648E322CE040AC8C5AB453FE 		GOES-4 Spacecraft Letter: D. Launched: September 9, 1980. Instruments: VAS, DCS, SEM and Magnetometer. Dates of operation: March 1981 - November 25, 1... View
GOES-5 > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 5
8293A0696491322CE040AC8C5AB453FE 		GOES-5 (E) - Launched: May 15, 1981. Instruments: VAS, DCS, SEM, and Magnetometer. Dates of operation: August 5, 1981 - July 30, 1984. Operational Sta... View
GOES-6 > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 6
8293A069648B322CE040AC8C5AB453FE 		GOES-6 (F) - Launch: April 4, 1983. Instruments: VAS, DCS, SEM, and Magnetometer. Dates of operation: April 4, 1983 to January 21, 1989. Operational S... View
GOES-7 > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 7
8293A0696494322CE040AC8C5AB453FE 		GOES-7 (H) - Launch: February 26, 1987. Instruments: VAS, DCS, SEM, and Magnetometer. Dates of operation: March 25, 1987 to January 17, 1996. Operatio... View
GOES-8 > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 8
8293A069644F322CE040AC8C5AB453FE 		GOES-8 - Spacecraft letter: I. Launched: April 13, 1994. Spacecraft Location: ~4 deg/day West Drift. Instruments: Imager, Sounder and SEM. AOCS Mode: ... View
GOES-9 > Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 9
8293A0696452322CE040AC8C5AB453FE 		GOES-9 - Spacecraft letter: J. Launched: May 23, 1995. Spacecraft Location: 160 East. Instruments: Imager, Sounder and SEM. AOCS mode: L1. Operational... View
Gordon Gunter (GU)
84e3f970-a143-11e2-9e96-0800200c9a66 		The NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter primarily serves the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), assisting NMFS in accomplishing its responsibilities for co... View
Healy (HLY)
34f05ded-db71-43df-a373-cd927e900dd2 		The Coast Guard Cutter HEALY (WAGB - 20) is United States' newest and most technologically advanced polar icebreaker. HEALY is designed to conduct a w... View
Henry Bigelow (HB)
5db5f560-edf2-11e1-aff1-0800200c9a66 		NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow is one of the most technologically advanced fisheries survey vessels in the world and it supports NOAA's mission to protect... View
Hercules
87dac0a0-23c4-11e4-8c21-0800200c9a66 		Hercules is one of the very few Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROV) specifically designed to be used as a scientific tool. Built for the Institute For Ex... View
Human Sampler Sampler Enters Water and Takes Sample View
In Situ Ocean-based Platforms > SHIPS
b2505a26-1d2b-4917-8ebd-99444dfff85d 		Various ocean-based and lake-based ships, boats, remotely operated vehicles, submersibles, and other unspecified types of platforms View
Jason
fb1de600-d1d7-11e1-9b23-0800200c9a66 		Jason is a two-body ROV system. A 10-kilometer (6-mile) fiber-optic tether delivers electrical power and commands from the ship through Medea and down... View
JASON-2
8293A06964AF322CE040AC8C5AB453FE 		JASON-2 * Instruments: Poseidon-3 Altimeter, Advanced Microwave Radiometer (AMR), Doppler orbitography and radiopositioning integrated from space (DOR... View
John H. Martin
63b660be-0833-442a-9593-216173cf3107 		R/V John H. Martin is a research vessel owned and operated by the Moss Landing Marine Laboratories View
Ka'imikai-o-Kanaloa
04448e10-8802-11e2-9e96-0800200c9a66 		The R/V Ka'imikai-o-Kanaloa is a general purpose Oceanographic Research Ship designed to operate in coastal and blue-water areas. She is configured to... View
Keary
e134cc28-3f7a-4aa5-ad84-d7731773b2a1 		The RV Keary was formally dedicated by Minister Conor Lenihan and Mrs. Barbara Keary on October 6th 2009 at Poolbeg Yacht Club, Dublin. The launch coi... View
Keldysh
4d621d69-57fa-4407-a58a-f81774399703 		The Research Vessel (R/V) Akademik Mstislav Keldysh was built by Hollming OY of Finland and is owned and operated by the Institute of Oceanology of th... View
Kilo Moana (KM)
986a775b-ce54-4a37-b1ea-d6e19c781ead 		The R/V Kilo Moana is a 186' Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull (SWATH) vessel owned by the U.S. Navy and operated by the University of Hawaii Marine Cen... View
Kraken2
799cafb0-cc2a-11e1-9b23-0800200c9a66 		The Kraken2 (K2) vehicle is a purpose-built "science class" ROV capable of operating to depths of up to 1000 meters. With its attached tool skid, the ... View
Kumu
b9b12bc0-8b76-46bd-9d5f-ea87a7ea70e1 		The NOAA boat Kumu is a small (~7m long) boat used by the Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center for near-shore research. View
Little Herc
4dc02bc0-9845-11e0-aa80-0800200c9a66 		The remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Little Hercules was designed intentionally to capture high-definition images during deep-sea exploration. It has a... View
M/V Spree The M/V Spree is a 100 foot aluminum crew boat refit for open-ocean diving owned and operated by Spree Expeditions Inc. The vessel is capable of carry... View
Marcus G. Langseth
4078bffb-03b7-4744-a856-2168b867d694 		The Marcus G. Langseth serves as the national seismic research facility for the United States academic research community. The R/V Marcus G. Langseth'... View
McArthur II
7b4be653-5fcc-4552-a7cd-8c06f0838503 		McArthur II was acquired from the U.S. Navy in 2002 and was converted to a multiple-disciplinary platform capable of a broad range of missions. The sh... View
Melville
632f234e-e9a8-4683-8fdb-c3cff0ee5a68 		R/V Melville was built in 1969 and was owned by the Office of Naval Research and operated by Scripps Oceanography as part of the University-National O... View
METOP-A > Meteorological Operational Satellite - A
8293A0696497322CE040AC8C5AB453FE 		MetOp-A (MetOp-2) Launched: October 19, 2006. Dates of Operation: May 21, 2007 - Present. Instruments: A/DCS, AMSU-A1, AMSU-A2, ASCAT, AVHRR, GOME-2, ... View
MHO
99cb97a4-c5d6-4718-9422-7f2c0f10a24a 		The McMath-Hulbert Solar Observatory is a decommissioned solar observatory in Lake Angelus, Michigan, USA. It was established in 1929 as a private obs... View
Miller Freeman (MF)
b1d09c6f-4ee6-44c5-9773-057ca3b28eb3 		The Miller Freeman was decommissioned on 3/29/13 after many years of exemplary service. Pictures of the ceremony will be posted here when available - ... View
Mini ROV The Mini ROV is used during the SEFSC Panama City Reef Fish survey to help conduct line surveys and identify cryptic and rare fish species in the Gulf... View
Nancy Foster (NF)
1fa18100-70e3-11e0-a1f0-0800200c9a66 		Nancy Foster, one of the most operationally diverse platforms in the NOAA fleet, was originally built as a Navy yard torpedo test (YTT) craft. In 2001... View
Nautilus
c0ed39c0-225e-11e4-8c21-0800200c9a66 		E/V Nautilus is a 64-meter exploration vessel with 17 permanent crew and berthing for a 31-member rotating Corps of Exploration. The ship carries with... View
New Horizon
144476e7-5b6e-4f6c-bcd3-b0cbfd78067f 		R/V New Horizon served the US scientific community from 1978 through 2014 View
NOAA 17' Boston Whaler Research vessel View
NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter The Gordon Gunter primarily serves the NMFS Pascagoula Laboratory in Mississippi. The Gordon Gunter is a 224-ft. multi-use platform. It is equipped wi... View
NOAA Ship Hi‘ialakai NOAA Ship Hi‘ialakai is a multipurpose oceanographic research vessel whose primary missions include coral reef ecosystem mapping, coral reef health an... View
NOAA Ship Nancy Foster The Nancy Foster is a 187-ft research vessel that operates in all three SEFSC research areas. The Nancy Foster is used in habitat and fauna characteri... View
NOAA Ship Oregon II The Oregon II is a 170-ft NOAA research vessel that is used for living marine resource studies in support of the SEFSC Pascagoula Laboratory (Figure A... View
NOAA ship Oscar Elton Sette View
NOAA Ship Pisces The Pisces is a 208-ft NOAA research vessel capable of carrying a crew of 21 and up to 15 scientists (Figure A-43). The Pisces is a newly constructed ... View
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