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SCI Steve Kunze uses sound signals to communicate with buoy

January 12, 2022

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AB Cody Higgins and Ensign Logan Dodson working on the deck of NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown

January 12, 2022

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NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown crew recovers scientific buoy

January 12, 2022

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Survey technician services buoy

February 2, 2020

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Survey technician cleans oceanographic sensors

February 2, 2020

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Meet the crew: Survey Technician Sophia Tigges, NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown

March 31, 2021

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In her own words, Sophia Tigges shares her journey from a young, budding science enthusiast to becoming a survey technician for The Nation’s leading federal scientific agency.

Pictured: (top row, left to right) Reciprocity Diver Adam Brynes, NOAA Diver Lt. Brian Elliot, (bottom, left to right) Reciproci

NOAA divers conduct buoy maintenance

July 17, 2017

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A team of NOAA divers from NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown serviced a series of buoys at Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.

NOAA Divers After Conducting Buoy Maintenance

July 17, 2017

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NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown returning to Charleston, S.C.

NOAA research ship returns to Charleston home port after worldwide deployment

March 27, 2017

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NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown spent nearly 800 days at sea in three-and-a-half-year voyage

Traveling the globe with NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown

October 24, 2016

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NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown, one of the 16 ships in the NOAA fleet operated, managed and maintained by the NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations, is NOAA’s only global-class oceanographic research vessel. It...