[Platforms] Additional data for US and Canadian vessels

[Roy Lowry]

Hi Bob,

Thanks for the metadata on the LDEO vessels, which I've now added into the vocabulary server.  I see you were asking Marilynn about access to these through the vocabulary server URLs.  The way I've got things set up at the moment is that the C17 list holds four lists, C171 for UK vessels and C172 for non-UK vessels, C173 for vessels of interest to POGO and C174 for vessels of interest to SeaDataNet.  Currently, only C171 and C173 are visible.  C172 is hidden because nobody has asked me to expose it and C174 is hidden because it's not populated yet.

What you see in C17 are the unique records from all the public records in the superlist.  I'm guessing from your request you want to access C172, so I'll throw the visibility switch now and the change will be migrated over to the live servers overnight (about 04:00Z).

Note that the access URLs like  

http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/list/C17/current 

http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/C17/current/18VM 

use V1.1 of the vocabulary server.  Whilst this version is exposed on our live servers, this is currently only to allow external testing and therefore should be considered at risk.  I'm hoping it will stabilise in the next couple of weeks, but I've been saying that for the past two months.  To say I'm disenchanted with SOAP would be something of an understatement.  I'll tell you the whole gruesome tale next time we meet up.

Cheers, Roy.

>>> Marilynn Sørensen <marilynn at ices.dk> 11/1/2007 12:13 pm >>>
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