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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://vocab.ices.dk/Request/Default.aspx?id=30662' target='_blank'>OCEAN EXPLORER</a> from US: UNITED STATES. This code suggestion will need confirmation by NOAA.
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<br /><b>Original Requester : Alexandra Grodsky (Alexandra.Grodsky@noaa.gov)</b>
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<br />Proposed Code : 33E0
<br />Name : <a href='http://vocab.ices.dk/Request/Default.aspx?id=30662' target='_blank'>OCEAN EXPLORER</a>
<br />Country(s) : US: UNITED STATES (ISO Country Code)
<br />Platform Class : 31: Research vessel
<br />Call Sign : WCZ8146
<br />Commissioned Date : 2016
<br />Decommissioned Date : 2018-01
<br />Current Length : 18
<br />Built : 1986
<br />Previous Name (Notes): Chelonia
<br />WOD Code: 11482
<br />Notes : Aluminum fishing vessel, with a 5.1-meter beam and nominally 2-meter draft, powered by two 1,000 HP Iveco diesel engines. The vessel was built by Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding. Official Number 905425. NEI collected data in 2017
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<br /><b> Information Sources:</b>
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<br /> - http://www.offshorewindhub.org/sites/default/files/resources/deepwater_9-27-2012_biwfbitserappendixe1.pdf
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<br /> - http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/small/gladdinghearn.htm
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<br /> - https://boatdb.net/boat/ocean-explorer-905425.htm
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<br /><b>General Comments:</b>
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<br />NCEI has data collected from R/V Ocean Explorer in Gulf of Mexico from 2017-08-04 to 2017-10-12.
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<br />(Alexandra Grodsky 21/02/2018 00:00:00)<br />
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<br />Call sign WCZ8146 between 2016 and 2018-Jan - info from boatdb.net
<br />(Marilynn Sorensen 21/02/2018 00:00:00)<br />
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<br />Not in Miramar
<br />(Marilynn Sorensen 20/02/2018 00:00:00)<br />
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<br />Contacted Alexandra for a timeframe
<br />(Marilynn Sorensen 20/02/2018 00:00:00)<br />
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<br />Information about vessel was received from data provider.
<br />(Alexandra Grodsky 21/12/2017 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
<br />Email: accessions@ices.dk
<br />Web: http://www.ices.dk
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<br />1553 Copenhagen V. Denmark
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<br /><a href="http://vocab.ices.dk/Request" target="_new">ICES Code Requests Application</a>
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<br /></p><p><hr />This email has been generated by the ICES Code Requests Application</p>
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