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NOAA Ship Rainier, a hydrographic survey vessel, at anchor in Alaska's Uginak Bay.
NOAA Ship Oscar Elton Sette embarked on Sept. 6 on a scientific expedition to the west coast of Hawaii Island to study the marine ecosystem.
Researchers unfurl a trawl net aboard NOAA Ship Oscar Elton Sette.
Learn more about NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer, America’s ship for ocean exploration.
NOAA remotely operated vehicle Deep Discoverer, deployed from NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer, surveys the wreck of a B-29 Superfortress resting upsidedown on the seafloor near Tinian Island during a 2016 expedition. This is the first B-29 crash site found of over a dozen American B-29s lost in the vicinity of Tinian and Saipan while flying missions during World War II.
Remotely operated vehicle Deep Discoverer being brought aboard NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer during a 2016 mission in the Pacific Ocean.
The oceanographic research vessel Oceanographer (R 101) sailing off Seattle circa 1974. The U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey ship Oceanographer (OSS O1) was in service with USC&GS from 1966 to 1970 and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminisration from 1970 to 1996.
We're hosting our first-ever InstaMeet! Apply now to attend a change-of-command ceremony and tour NOAA Ship Ferdinand R. Hassler on June 21.
On June 15, NOAA Divers concluded a research trip onboard the NOAA ship Hi’ialakai to the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) and the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument (PMNM).
A view from NOAA Ship Hi'ialakai of Lehua Rock off Ni'ihau Island in Hawaii.
