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NOAA Ship Rainier assists a sailboat in distress off the California coast in September 2018.
Rainier responded to a request from the U.S. Coast Guard to assist a sailboat in distress in rough seas off California. The incident ended safely for the master of the disabled vessel.
Two of NOAA's longest-serving ships saluted for 50 years of service and survey to the nation.
NOAA ships Rainier (left) and Fairweather (right) underway in Alaska.
NOAA Ship Rainier, a hydrographic survey vessel, at anchor in Alaska's Uginak Bay.
NOAA Ship Rainier recently arrived in Uganik Bay, off of northwest Kodiak Island, to complete hydrographic survey operations in Uganik Passage and Uganik Bay.
NOAA Ship Rainier and launches set sail.
Five NOAA ships are studying marine ecosystems in the Northern Bering Sea, Chukchi Sea, Beaufort Sea, and Gulf of Alaska.
NOAA ships Rainier and Fairweather alongside in Kodiak, Alaska, in June 2015.
