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<p>Dear Platform Group,
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<br />Additional information has come in for the vessel <a href='http://vocab.ices.dk/Request/Default.aspx?id=1309' target='_blank'>BELLOWS</a> from US: UNITED STATES.
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<br /><b>Original Requester : Susanne Reimert (susanne@ices.dk)</b>
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<br />Code : 318B
<br />Name : <a href='http://vocab.ices.dk/Request/Default.aspx?id=1309' target='_blank'>BELLOWS</a>
<br />Country(s) : US: UNITED STATES (ISO Country Code)
<br />Platform Class : 31: Research vessel
<br />Title : RV
<br />Commissioned Date : 1971
<br />Decommissioned Date : 2016
<br />Current Length : 24.7
<br />WOD Code: 2573
<br />Notes : Shallow water research ship managed by the Florida Institute of Oceanography. Vessel seems to have had 2 call signs - WBC8717 and WY6808- in its 50 years as research vessel for the university. Replaced by RV W.T. Hogarth
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<br /><b> Information Sources:</b>
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<br /> - https://www.boem.gov/ESPIS/3/3812.pdf
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<br /> - http://www.marine.usf.edu/geoweb/bell.html
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<br /> - http://www.itu.int/online/mms/mars/ship_detail.sh?lang=en&854133&BELLOWS
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<br /> - http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:438329/mmsi:367146570/imo:0/vessel:R_V_BELLOWS
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<br /> - https://www.tampabaynewswire.com/2017/05/18/fio-and-usf-system-to-host-may-23-launching-and-christening-of-new-marine-research-vessel-named-for-impactful-scientist-bill-hogarth-57833
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<br /> - https://www.tampabaynewswire.com/2017/05/18/fio-and-usf-system-to-host-may-23-launching-and-christening-of-new-marine-research-vessel-named-for-impactful-scientist-bill-hogarth-57833
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<br /><b>General Comments:</b>
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<br />TAMPA, Fla. (May 18, 2016) – The Florida Institute of Oceanography (FIO) and the University of South Florida (USF) System will host a “Launching and Christening Ceremony” at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, May 23 in Tarpon Springs for a new research vessel, the R/V W.T. Hogarth, that will replace FIO’s nearly 50-year-old R/V Bellows.
<br />(Marilynn Sorensen 14/07/2017 00:00:00)<br />
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<br />Early call sign WY6808. Later call sign WBC8717 with MMSI 367146570 at least from 1997.
<br />(Marilynn Sorensen 14/07/2017 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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