NOAA CORPS The Other Uniformed Sea Service - ESSA - USC&GS

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NCAR "EN-car" - National Center for Atmospheric Research, not part of NOAA nor a federal agency, but they are partnered with NOAA & NIST

 

NCAR BOULDER COLORADO

National Center for Atmospheric Research

 

National Laboratories in Boulder - NCAR, NIST and NOAA

 

 

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NOAAS R/V DELAWARE II (R 445)

Transferred from Bureau of Commercial Fisheries 3 October 1970, Decommissioned 28 September 2012

Previously in commission in the United States Fish and Wildlife Service's Bureau of Commercial Fisheries from 1968 to 1970 as BCF Delaware II

 

NOAA R/V Delaware II Has an Illustrious History

 

 

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On 6/30/2017 at 2:48 PM, Salvage Sailor said:

NOAAS DISCOVERER (R 102), formerly USC&GS Discoverer (OSS 02) In service 1967 to 1996, scrapped in 2010

 

 

 

Photo: NOAAS DISCOVERER (R 102) 1996 Hobart, Australia

 

 

NOAAS DISCOVERER (R 102), formerly USC&GS Discoverer (OSS 02) In service 1967 to 1996

 

 

 

USC&GS DISCOVERER (OSS 02) ESSA

 

 

Name    USC&GS Discoverer (OSS 02)
Namesake    A discoverer, a person who engages in discovery, the act of detecting and learning something
Builder    Aerojet General Shipyards, Jacksonville, Florida
Laid down    10 September 1963
Launched    29 October 1964
Completed    1966
Commissioned    29 April 1967
Homeport    Miami, Florida
Fate    Transferred from ESSA to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 3 October 1970

Renamed  NOAAS DISCOVERER (R 102) 1970-1996

 

 

ESSA - Environmental Science Services Administration (1966 to 1970) 

 

 

 

 

 

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USC&GS CPO CAP INSIGNIA

Gemsco, Acid Test

 

 

 

 

 

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"Gotta Keep these Pockets Zipped!"

 

NOAA Hurricane Hunter flies through MILTON 10/08/24