NOAAS Ferdinand R. Hassler (R 250)
.jpg) NOAAS Ferdinand R. Hassler (R 250) | |
| History | |
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  United States | |
| Name: | NOAAS Ferdinand R. Hassler (R 250) |
| Namesake: | Ferdinand R. Hassler |
| Owner: | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| Builder: | VT Halter Marine, Inc., Moss Point, Mississippi |
| Laid down: | June 2007[1] |
| Launched: | 19 September 2009 |
| Commissioned: | 8 June 2012 |
| Homeport: | New Castle, New Hampshire |
| Identification: |
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| Status: | Active in NOAA Atlantic Fleet |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Coastal mapping vessel |
| Tonnage: | 809 t (892 short tons) |
| Displacement: | 738 t (814 short tons) |
| Length: | 37.7 m (124 ft) |
| Beam: | 18.5 m (61 ft) |
| Draft: | 3.8 m (12 ft) |
| Speed: | 12 kts. |
| Range: | 2250 nm |
NOAAS Ferdinand R. Hassler (R 250) is a coastal mapping vessel for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Commissioned on 8 June 2012, Ferdinand R. Hassler is one of the newest additions to the NOAA hydrographic charting fleet. Operating from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico, the ship's primary mission is hydrographic survey in support of NOAA’s nautical charting mission. The ship's home port is New Castle, New Hampshire.[2]
References
- ↑ United States Congress. House Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (2008). Commerce, Justice, science, and related agencies appropriations for 2009: hearings before a subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, second session. Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2009: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, Second Session. U.S. Government Printing Office. LCCN 2008377082.
- ↑ http://www.moc.noaa.gov/fh/hassler_flier.pdf
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to NOAA S 250 Ferdinand R. Hassler (ship, 2012). |
- NOAA Ship Ferdinand R. Hassler website
- "NOAA commissions high-tech coastal mapping ship in Norfolk, Va.". http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Marine and Aviation Operations. Retrieved 12 January 2014. External link in
|work=(help) - "NOAA Commissions New Survey Vessel Ferdinand R. Hassler". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Coast Survey. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
- Vergakis, Brock (7 June 2012). "NOAA to commission new ocean-mapping ship". Maine Sunday Telegram. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
- McDermott, Deborah (10 August 2013). "NOAA vessel to map the ocean floor along East Coast". Sea Coast Online. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
- "New Home Port for Ferdinand R. Hassler". Hydro International. 15 August 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
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