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NOAA Ship Rainier docked in Ford Island, Hawaii.

NOAA Corps officers Ensign Logan Dodson, Ensign Harper Umfress and Ensign Karl Wagner practice deploying a conductivity-temperature-depth instrument from NOAA Ship Rainier, which is used to gather sound velocity profiles of the water column.

Crewmembers operating a survey launch practice coming alongside NOAA Ship Rainier while the ship is moored
A NOAA Ship Rainier hydrographic survey launch approaches Dawes Glacier in Endicott Arm.

Hydrographic Survey Technician Christina Brooks throws a bow line to Ensign Karl Wagner to assist in bringing a launch alongside NOAA Ship Rainier

NOAA Ship Rainier arrives at Thomas Bay, Alaska
NOAA Ship Rainier sailing from Newport, Ore. to southeast Alaska by way of the Inside Passage

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.

NOAA Ship Rainier assists a sailboat in distress off the California coast in September 2018.