Small Boat Media
The Small Boat Annual Evaluation Outline works in conjunction with the Small Boat Annual Evaluation/Examination Checklist. The Outline explains the items found on the Checklist.
Small Boat Operator candidates must complete a Personnel Qualifications Standards checklist for each type of mission they will perform, and for each specific small boat they will operate.
This form is intended to provide general guidance to assist in developing a Baseline Assessement and Small Boat Operations Manual.
The OMAO Weight Testing Guidance contains safety policy to be used when hoisting small boats containing personnel using shipboard cranes.
The NOAA Small Boat Safety Board Charter establishes the roles and responsibilities of the Small Boat Safety Board.
NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION
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On 29 April 2015, while changing operators, the boat drifted out of the channel and over a rock jetty.

A launch from NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson heads out to a post-Sandy survey for sunken debris in New York harbor.

Lt. j.g. Nicholas Morgan launches a Puma unmanned aircraft system from the NOAA R/V Tatoosh.