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<p>Dear Platform Group,<br /><br />Please check the call sign for this vessel. See comments. Additional information has come in for the vessel <a href='http://www.ices.dk/datacentre/requests/Default.aspx?id=3934' target='_blank'>HOKUSEI-MARU</a> from JAPAN.<br /><br /><HR /><br /><br />Code : 49HO<br />Name : <a href='http://www.ices.dk/datacentre/requests/Default.aspx?id=3934' target='_blank'>HOKUSEI-MARU</a><br />Flag : JAPAN - JP (ISO Country Code)<br />Call Sign : JPPU<br />Commissioned Date : 1957<br />Decommissioned Date : 1976<br />Notes : WOD code 4732. Active 1/1957 to 8/1976.<br /><br /><b>Additional Information Sources:</b><br /><br /> - http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/OC5/SELECT/dbsearch.pl<br /><HR /><br /><b>Important Comments (Conflict to be resolved!):</b><br /><br />Call sign confusion for 49HO. <br />NOAA NODC ship list says WOD 4732. No call sign. <br />WOD select query says WOD 4732 has call sign JPPU. <br />http://www.meds-sdmm.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/ALPHAPRO/WOCE/WOCE_UOT/CD-ROM/data/shipcode/clcall09.htm says call sign 7JMB. http://www.researchvessels.org/country/Japan/Hokusei_Maru/hokusei_maru.html Says 49HO build 1976, length 62.3 - i.e. gives info from proposed 49YQ.<br /><br />(Marilynn Sorensen 08/01/2013 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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