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<P><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Dear Platform Group, </FONT></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Don at NODC</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> h</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">as</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> discovered that there are two codes</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">on the ICES list</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">for the same US vessel, the<B> R</B></FONT><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">oy</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> O. Hale</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">. The codes are 31OJ and 3143. Note that</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">only</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">3143 is used at NO</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">DC who decided some time ago to delete their "31OJ"</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">.</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">To avoid deleting a code - u</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">nless someone objects</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> -</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> I will flag</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">these codes</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> as being the same vessel. </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Note that the name for 3143 has been changed from "R.O'Hale" to "R</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">oy</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">O.Hale"</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> and the name for 31OJ has been changed from "R.O.Hale" to "Roy O. Hale"</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Code:</FONT><B> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">3143</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> and</FONT><B> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">31OJ</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"><name>ROY O. HALE</name></FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"><callsign>NHEG</callsign> <title>USS</title> <pennant>DER-336</pennant> <platformclass>Naval vessel</platformclass></FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"><commissioned>3 February 1944</commissioned></FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"></FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"><decommissioned>11 July 1946</decommissioned></FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"><notes>WOD Code 2458; reclassified and converted to DER-336, 21 October 1955; Recommissioned 29 January 1957, Decommissioned 15 July 1963</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">.</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Stricken 1 August 1974; data archived at NODC by this platform was collected between 1957 and 1963</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">.</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"></notes></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">URL </FONT></SPAN><A HREF="http://www.navsource.org/archives/06/336.htm"><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">http://www.navsource.org/archives/06/336.htm</FONT></U></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Don, for this special case, I would prefer to have the decommissioned date as 15 July 1963 to span the entire period and have the specific details in the notes. Another option would be that NODC reinstates 31OJ for the fist commissioned dates of the vessel. What do you prefer?</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Cheers,</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Marilynn</FONT></SPAN>
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<BR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Brush Script MT">Marilynn Sørensen</FONT></SPAN>
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