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Dear Platform Group,
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<br />A request has come in for a new code for the vessel <a href='https://vocab.ices.dk/Request/Default.aspx?id=32119' target='_blank'>PATHFINDER</a> from US: UNITED STATES. This code suggestion will need confirmation by NOAA.
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<br />Original Requester : Alexandra Grodsky (Alexandra.Grodsky@noaa.gov)
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<br />Proposed Code : 33JC
<br />Name : <a href='https://vocab.ices.dk/Request/Default.aspx?id=32119' target='_blank'>PATHFINDER</a>
<br />Country(s) : US: UNITED STATES (ISO Country Code)
<br />Platform Class : 31: Research vessel
<br />MMSI: 338160871
<br />Title : RV
<br />Commissioned Date : 2015
<br />Current Length : 12.2
<br />WOD Code: 11759
<br />Notes : Munson 40-7 aluminum catamaran. Autonomy test vessel operated by Leidos since at least 2015. Used for Gulf of Mexico and Coastal Waters of Mississippi survey in October 2018. Home port Gulfport Marina, Gulfport, MS.
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<br /> Information Sources:
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<br /> - https://www.eiseverywhere.com/file_uploads/d84f185dd0cf6ab8a590356787aa05f2_4PaulDonaldsonEvolutionofanAutonomousUnmannedSurfaceVesselandSoftwareforHydrographicSurvey.pdf
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<br /> - https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:399129/mmsi:338160871/imo:0/vessel:PATHFINDER 
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<br /> - https://www.autonomousvehicletech.com/articles/207-leidos-introduces-unmanned-maritime-technologies
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<br /> - https://www.hstoday.us/channels/dod-national-defense/leidos-prototype-maritime-system-completes-autonomous-surveillance-mission-during-trident-spectre-2015/
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<br /> - https://www.eiseverywhere.com/file_uploads/469fb4fe5a72b304d84bd51d833f42c1_TheEvolutionofanAutonomousUnmannedSurfaceVesselandSoftwareforHydrographicSurveyPaper.pdf
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<br /> - https://www.munsonboats.com/series40_2.php
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<br />No comments have been made about this Code yet.
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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 />Tel: +45 3338 6718  Fax: +45 3393 4215
<br />H.C. Andersens Boulevard 44-46
<br />1553 Copenhagen V. Denmark
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<br /><a href="https://vocab.ices.dk/Request" target="_new">ICES Code Requests Application</a>
<br />Read the latest ICES Data Centre e-News <a href="http://www.ices.dk/marine-data/Pages/default.aspx" target="_new">online</a>
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<br /><hr />This email has been generated by the ICES Code Requests Application

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