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<P><FONT size=2>Dear Platform Group,<BR><BR>Additional information was sent in
by Robert Arko for the following vessels which already have ICES and NODC codes.
I have added IMO numbers when found on Llyods. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>Roy, we were asked when they would appear on <A
href="http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/list/C17/30"><U><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2>http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/list/C17/30</U></FONT></A>. <BR><BR><STRONG><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff>18VM
Vema</FONT></STRONG></FONT></P><FONT size=2><STRONG>
<P></STRONG><title>RV</title><name>Vema</name><previous_name>Hussar</previous_name><callsign>J8RU</callsign>
<class>research vessel</class>
<commissioned>1953</commissioned><decommissioned>1981</decommissioned><FONT
face=Arial
color=#0000ff><IMO>7738383</IMO></FONT><BR><notes>Built 1923
for E. F. Hutton as private yacht, christened Hussar. Sold 1934 to G. Ungar
Vetlesen, renamed Vema. Appropriated by U.S. government for coastal patrol
during WWII, later converted to barracks/training for merchant marine. Sold 1953
to Columbia University, converted to research vessel and operated by
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, retired 1981 after 1,225,000 nautical miles
(world record). Sold 1982 to Windjammer Barefoot Cruises, renamed Mandalay.
Length 202 feet. IOC Ship Code 18VM. WOD Ship Code
2110.</notes><BR><BR><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff><STRONG>31RD ROBERT D.
CONRAD</STRONG></FONT></P></FONT>
<P><FONT size=2><title>RV</title><name>Robert D.
Conrad</name><callsign>WHBA</callsign><class>research
vessel</class><commissioned>1962</commissioned><decommissioned>1989</decommissioned>
<FONT color=#0000ff><IMO>7742140</IMO ></FONT> <notes>Built
1962 by U.S. Navy as oceanographic research vessel (AGOR-3), operated by
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University. Retrofitted 1974 with
multi-channel seismic (MCS) system. 209 feet. IOC Ship Code 31RD. WOD Ship Code
1965. Changed R. CONRAD to ROBERT D. CONRAD</notes><BR></FONT><FONT
size=2><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff></FONT></STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2><STRONG><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff>31ET Eltanin</FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG></STRONG><BR><title>USNS</title><name>Eltanin</name><class>research
vessel</class><commissioned>1962</commissioned><decommissioned>1975</decommissioned>
<notes>Built 1957 by U.S. Navy as non-commissioned cargo ship with
ice-strengthened double hull, reclassified 1962 as oceanographic research vessel
(AGOR-8) and operated by Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia
University. Sold 1975 to Argentine Navy, renamed Islas Orcadas. Length 266 feet.
IOC Ship Code 31ET. WOD Ship Code 1514.</notes><BR></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><STRONG>3230 Maurice
Ewing</STRONG></FONT></FONT></P><FONT face=Arial><FONT
color=#0000ff><STRONG></STRONG><STRONG></STRONG>
<P><BR></FONT></FONT><title>RV</title><name>Maurice
Ewing</name><previous_name>Bernier</previous_name><callsign>WLDZ</callsign>
<class>research
vessel</class><commissioned>1988</commissioned><decommissioned>2005</commissioned>
<FONT color=#0000ff><IMO>8203153</IMO></FONT> <notes>Built
1983 for Petro Canada as seismic survey ship, christened Bernier. Sold 1988 to
Columbia University, renamed Maurice Ewing and refit for general research,
operated by Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. Titled 1995 to National Science
Foundation. Sold 2005 to Western Geophysical. Length 237 feet. IOC Ship Code
3230. WOD Ship Code 3693.</notes><BR><BR><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff>Best regards,</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>Marilynn</FONT></P></FONT></BODY></HTML>