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Dear Platform Group,
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<br />NOAA has approved the code for the vessel <a href='https://vocab.ices.dk/Request/Default.aspx?id=33600' target='_blank'>BAHIA</a> from BR: BRAZIL.
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<br />Original Requester : Alexandra Grodsky (Alexandra.Grodsky@noaa.gov)
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<br />Proposed Code : 14PS
<br />Name : <a href='https://vocab.ices.dk/Request/Default.aspx?id=33600' target='_blank'>BAHIA</a>
<br />Country(s) : BR: BRAZIL (ISO Country Code)
<br />Platform Class : 39: Naval vessel
<br />Call Sign : PWSA
<br />MMSI: 710499000
<br />Pennant : G40
<br />Title : NDM
<br />Commissioned Date : 2015-12-17
<br />Current Length : 168
<br />Built : 1998
<br />Previous Name (Notes): SIROCO
<br />WOD Code: 11801
<br />Notes : Multipurpose amphibious ship. Launched in December 1996. Former French ship Siroco (L9012). The vessel was purchased by Brazil in August 2015. Built as SIROCO (FR), became BAHIA (BR) in 2015.
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<br /> Information Sources:
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<br /> - https://www.defesaaereanaval.com.br/naval/ndm-bahia-chega-amanha-a-santos-e-abre-para-visitacao-publica-no-domingo
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<br /> - https://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/details/ships/mmsi:710499000
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<br /> - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_ship_Siroco_(L9012)
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<br /> - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYsp8IRJOFw
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<br /> - https://br.ambafrance.org/O-navio-polivalente-Bahia-ex-Siroco-integra-a-Marinha-do-Brasil
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<br /> - https://www.brasilemdefesa.com/2015/12/ndm-bahia.html
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<br /> - https://www.flickr.com/photos/mboficial/sets/72157665757228274/
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<br />General Comments:
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<br />Confirmed in Miramar with ID number 6131893, but not in Equasis. It is unclear whether the ID number in Miramar corresponds to the ship's IMO.
<br />(Joana Ribeiro 23/10/2019 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 />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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