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<p>Dear Platform Group,<br /><br />A request has come in for a new code for the vessel <a href='http://www.ices.dk/datacentre/requests/Default.aspx?id=9069' target='_blank'>OCEAN VERITAS</a> from UNITED STATES. This code suggestion will need confirmation by NOAA.<br /><br /><HR /><br /><b>Original Requester : Don Collins (Donald.Collins@noaa.gov)</b><br /><br />Proposed Code : 33WV<br />Name : <a href='http://www.ices.dk/datacentre/requests/Default.aspx?id=9069' target='_blank'>OCEAN VERITAS</a><br />Flag : UNITED STATES - US (ISO Country Code)<br />Call Sign : WDD2502<br />Title : R/V<br />Platform Class : Research vessel<br />IMO : 7366805<br />Decommissioned Date : 2011-10-03<br />Current Length : 59<br />Built : 1974<br />Previous Name (Notes): VERITAS<br />Notes : WOD 10030. Previous names JEAN LAFITTE, JUNO DEL GOLFO, AMERICAN EMPIRE, SEABULK VERITAS and VERITAS. Platform was sold to Aqueos in Broussard, LA, USA on Oct 3, 2011. Renamed AQUEOS ACADIAN.<br /><br /><b>Additional Information Sources:</b><br /><br /> - http://e-ships.net/index/O2.shtml<br /><br /> - J. Parker at Stabbert Maritime<br /><br /> - http://stabbertmaritime.com/commercial_vessels/ocean_veritas.html<br /><br /> - http://www.trans-inst.org/pdf/House_CG_Bill_Waivers_Letter_Final.pdf<br /><HR /><br /><b>General Comments:</b><br /><br />Is now the AQUEOUS ACADIAN http://www.aqueossubsea.com/documents/1-DSV%20Aqueos%20Acadian.pdf<br />A number of websites give IMO 101103433 for the OCEAN VERITAS. Don Collins went to a source and confirmed IMO 7366805.<br />Miramar says 7366805 is for Seabulk Veritas<br />(Marilynn Sorensen 18/10/2011 00:00:00)<br /><br /><br />According to J. Parker at Stabbert Maritime on 18 Oct 2011 who verified the IMO, call sign, previous names, and date sold -- Not sure of the order, but previous names include VERITAS, SEABULK VERITAS, AMERICAN EMPIRE, JEAN LAFITTE. Platform was sold to Aqueos in Broussard, LA, USA on Oct 3, 2011. Renamed AQUEOS ACADIAN, new callsign is UNKNOWN.<br />(Don Collins 19/10/2011 00:00:00)<br /><br /><br />Chemical and physical oceanographic profile data collected from CTD casts aboard the OCEAN VERITAS in the Gulf of Mexico from 2010-05-27 to 2010-05-30 in response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill event (NODC Accession 0069092)<br />(Brenda Robinson 21/07/2011 00:00:00)<br /><br /><br /><HR /><br />Kind regards,<br />The ICES Data Centre<br /><br />International Council for the Exploration of the Sea <br />Email: accessions@ices.dk<br />Web: http://www.ices.dk<br /><br />Tel: +45 3338 6718 Fax: +45 3393 4215<br />H.C. Andersens Boulevard 44-46<br />1553 Copenhagen V. Denmark<br /><br /><a href="http://www.ices.dk/datacentre/requests" target="_new">ICES Platform Code Requests Application</a><br />Read the latest ICES Data Centre e-News <a href="http://www.ices.dk/datacentre/updates/DC_update.htm" target="_new">online</a><br /><br /></p><p><hr />This email has been generated by the ICES Platform Code Requests Application</p>
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