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<p>Dear Platform Group,
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<br />A request has come in for a new code for the vessel <a href='http://admin.ices.dk/requests/Default.aspx?id=9476' target='_blank'>Tashtego</a> from UNITED STATES. This code suggestion will need confirmation by NOAA.
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<br /><b>Original Requester : Paul McGarrigle (pamcg@bodc.ac.uk)</b>
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<br />Proposed Code : 32Z0
<br />Name : <a href='http://admin.ices.dk/requests/Default.aspx?id=9476' target='_blank'>Tashtego</a>
<br />Flag : UNITED STATES - US (ISO Country Code)
<br />Platform Class : 27 sub-surface gliders (buoyancy-based propulsion capable at variable dephths not constrained to be near sea surface)
<br />Current Length : 2.80
<br />Built : 2012
<br />Notes : Underwater Seaglider (serial number 566) owned by California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
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<br /><b>Additional Information Sources:</b>
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<br /> - http://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/information_and_inventories/cruise_inventory/report/d381.pdf
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<br /> - http://noc.ac.uk/f/content/downloads/2012/MARS%20Newsletter%20No7.pdf
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<br /><b>General Comments:</b>
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<br />as Caltech is the owner, the flag should be USA
<br />(Paul McGarrigle 14/11/2013 00:00:00)<br />
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<br />http://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/information_and_inventories/cruise_inventory/report/d381.pdf gives year of purchase for Tashtego as 2012
<br />(Marilynn Sorensen 14/11/2013 00:00:00)<br />
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<br />Kind regards,
<br />The ICES Data Centre
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<br />International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
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