[Platforms] Additional data for US and Canadian vessels

[Marilynn Sørensen]

Dear Platform Group,

Additional information was sent in by Robert Arko for the following vessels which already have ICES and NODC codes. I have added IMO numbers when found on Llyods. 

Roy, we were asked when they would appear on http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/list/C17/30 <http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/list/C17/30> . 

18VM    Vema

<title>RV</title><name>Vema</name><previous_name>Hussar</previous_name><callsign>J8RU</callsign> <class>research vessel</class> <commissioned>1953</commissioned><decommissioned>1981</decommissioned><IMO>7738383</IMO>
<notes>Built 1923 for E. F. Hutton as private yacht, christened Hussar. Sold 1934 to G. Ungar Vetlesen, renamed Vema. Appropriated by U.S. government for coastal patrol during WWII, later converted to barracks/training for merchant marine. Sold 1953 to Columbia University, converted to research vessel and operated by Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, retired 1981 after 1,225,000 nautical miles (world record). Sold 1982 to Windjammer Barefoot Cruises, renamed Mandalay. Length 202 feet. IOC Ship Code 18VM. WOD Ship Code 2110.</notes>

31RD     ROBERT D. CONRAD

<title>RV</title><name>Robert D. Conrad</name><callsign>WHBA</callsign><class>research vessel</class><commissioned>1962</commissioned><decommissioned>1989</decommissioned> <IMO>7742140</IMO > <notes>Built 1962 by U.S. Navy as oceanographic research vessel (AGOR-3), operated by Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University. Retrofitted 1974 with multi-channel seismic (MCS) system. 209 feet. IOC Ship Code 31RD. WOD Ship Code 1965. Changed R. CONRAD to ROBERT D. CONRAD</notes>


31ET     Eltanin


<title>USNS</title><name>Eltanin</name><class>research vessel</class><commissioned>1962</commissioned><decommissioned>1975</decommissioned> <notes>Built 1957 by U.S. Navy as non-commissioned cargo ship with ice-strengthened double hull, reclassified 1962 as oceanographic research vessel (AGOR-8) and operated by Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University. Sold 1975 to Argentine Navy, renamed Islas Orcadas. Length 266 feet. IOC Ship Code 31ET. WOD Ship Code 1514.</notes>


3230    Maurice Ewing


<title>RV</title><name>Maurice Ewing</name><previous_name>Bernier</previous_name><callsign>WLDZ</callsign> <class>research vessel</class><commissioned>1988</commissioned><decommissioned>2005</commissioned> <IMO>8203153</IMO> <notes>Built 1983 for Petro Canada as seismic survey ship, christened Bernier. Sold 1988 to Columbia University, renamed Maurice Ewing and refit for general research, operated by Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. Titled 1995 to National Science Foundation. Sold 2005 to Western Geophysical. Length 237 feet. IOC Ship Code 3230. WOD Ship Code 3693.</notes>

Best regards,

Marilynn

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