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<p>Dear Platform Group,
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<br />NOAA has approved the code for the vessel <a href='http://vocab.ices.dk/Request/Default.aspx?id=17246' target='_blank'>ENDEAVOUR</a> from NEW ZEALAND(NZ).
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<br /><b>Original Requester : Peng Ji (pengji@ldeo.columbia.edu)</b>
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<br />Proposed Code : 61OY
<br />Name : <a href='http://vocab.ices.dk/Request/Default.aspx?id=17246' target='_blank'>ENDEAVOUR</a>
<br />Country(s) : NEW ZEALAND(NZ) (ISO Country Code)
<br />Platform Class : 30 Ship
<br />Pennant : A184
<br />Title : HMNZS
<br />Commissioned Date : 1962-06-27
<br />Decommissioned Date : 1971
<br />Current Length : 94.72
<br />Built : 1945-06-18
<br />Previous Name (Notes): USS Namakogon (AOG-53)
<br />Notes : Built as Namakogon. Commissioned USS Namakogon (AOG-53), 18 June 1945. Commissioned HMNZS Endeavour (A-184), 27 June 1962. Decommissioned and returned to US custody in 1971. Transferred under the Security Assistance Program to Taiwan, 1 May 1976, renamed Lung Chuan (AOG-507). ROCS Lung Chuan (AOG-507) was decommissioned, 1 April 2005.
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<br /><b> Information Sources:</b>
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<br /> - http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/20/2053.htm
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<br /> - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Namakagon_(AOG-53)
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