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NOAA offers tours of the Okeanos Explorer on April 29, 2023

Saturday, April 8, 2023


On Saturday April 29, 2023, NOAA Ocean Exploration will spearhead a public port event in Seattle, Washington, in conjunction with regional NOAA entities. 

The port event will provide the public the chance to tour NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer and get a close-up look at the remotely operated vehicles used to explore the seafloor and water column, and to see deep-sea specimens, newly created bathymetric maps, and videos from past expeditions. 

NOAA scientists from the region will be on hand alongside the expedition team to answer questions and share their work. There will also be informational tables and family-friendly educational activities. 

Note that close-toed shoes must be worn in order to tour the ship.

Date: Saturday, April 29, 10am to 5pm PDT

Location: Pier 46, Seattle, Washington. Entrance is by the intersection of Alaskan Way South and South Jackson Street. Follow signs to the event.

Background: In 2023, NOAA Ocean Exploration will spend over 160 days at sea aboard NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer while exploring the waters off the U.S. West Coast and Alaska. 

From the end of March through April, NOAA Ocean Exploration will conduct shakedown mapping and remotely operated vehicle (ROV) diving operations along the U.S. West Coast before transiting to Alaska and spending the majority of the field season in Alaskan waters and throughout the Aleutian Islands.


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Scene on the Sound: Sailboat race

Sunday, March 26, 2023

 
Photo by Lee Lageschulte

Sailboats racing from Shilshole to Mukilteo Saturday on the Salish Sea. Another sign of Spring.



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Scene on the Sound: USS McCampbell

Thursday, March 2, 2023

Photo by Lee Wolfe

Lee Wolfe saw this vessel being towed (and pushed by two tugs) on Tuesday, February 28, 2023.

USS McCampbell is a naval destroyer named in honor of Naval Aviator Captain David S. McCampbell, a Medal of Honor and Navy Cross recipient who was the Navy's leading ace in World War II. Its current home port is Naval Station Everett, Washington.



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Scene on the Sound: Goodnight Sun

Saturday, February 25, 2023

Photo by Lee Lageschulte

As promised, Friday was very cold and very beautiful. The sunset was just a bonus. - DKH



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Scene over the Sound: Mt. Constance before the storm

Friday, February 24, 2023

Photo by Lee Wolfe

Tuesday morning Mt. Constance briefly showed her face before the next storm descended.

Mt. Constance is a peak in the Olympic Mountains of Washington and the third highest in the range. It is the most visually prominent peak on our western skyline.



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Scene on the Sound: ONE of a kind

Monday, February 13, 2023

Photo by John Wolfe

The unique color of this ONE container ship provided a stark contrast to the gray morning on the Sound. 

ONE is the 6th largest container carrier in the world and is headquartered in Singapore.



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It's another beautiful day

Sunday, February 12, 2023

 
Photo by Lee Lageschulte

Interesting clouds, some blue sky, snow-capped mountains, Edmonds ferry, boat - are we missing anything?

The sub went by already and the orcas are really bad at posing. The sharks, whales, and octopus stay underwater. We'll be happy with what we can see.

--Diane Hettrick



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Scene on the Sound: Sun and submarine

Saturday, February 11, 2023



Photos and text by Jan Hansen

Just before 11am on Thursday, February 9, 2023, sunshine touched the tops of the Olympics and a submarine slowly sailed by. We live in an amazing place.



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Scene on the Sound: Olympics and ferry

Monday, January 30, 2023

Photo by Lee Lageschulte
 
The Kingston-Edmonds ferry on the Salish Sea against a backdrop of snow covered Olympic peaks.




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Scene on the Sound: NOAA vessel Oscar Dyson

Saturday, January 28, 2023

Photo by Jan Hansen

Oscar Dyson is the first in a class of ultra-quiet fisheries survey vessels built to collect data on fish populations, conduct marine mammal and seabird surveys, and study marine ecosystems. 

Photo by Jan Hansen

Homeported in Kodiak, Alaska, she operates primarily in the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska. On Tuesday, January 24, 2023, she spent the afternoon in the Salish Sea.

Photo by Jan Hansen


The 208-ft. ship plays a major role in collecting data used in the management of Alaska pollock, one of the world’s largest commercial fisheries.

A stern trawler capable of conducting trawling operations to depths of nearly 6,000 feet, Oscar Dyson is equipped with sound-dampening technology, which helps NOAA scientists monitor fish populations without altering their behavior.

For acoustic surveys, scientists use the ship’s multi-frequency echo sounders to detect fish as the vessel passes over them, measuring the signal reflected by the fish to estimate their size and numbers.

Constructed to meet the National Marine Fisheries Service's specific data collection requirements, Oscar Dyson is equipped with six onboard laboratories: a wet lab, dry lab, electronics/computer lab, bio lab, acoustics lab and hydrographics lab. The ship carries a multibeam echo sounder that acquires data on the content of the water column, as well as mapping and characterizing the sea floor.

Launched in 2003 and commissioned in 2005, the ship is named after Alaskan fisherman Oscar Dyson, a pioneer in Alaska’s fishing industry for half a century before his death in 1995. A well-known fishing activist and an industry advisor to government, Dyson was dedicated to improving the industry for the many Alaskans who make their living at sea. The ship is homeported in Kodiak, Alaska.


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Scene on the Sound: The Great Grayness

Sunday, January 22, 2023

Photo by Lee Wolfe

Amid the Great Grayness, commerce provides a few patches of color.

- Lee Wolfe



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Scene on the Sound: Sunset Sail

Saturday, December 17, 2022

Photo by Lee Wolfe

Two hardy sailors take advantage of a beautiful but very chilly day for a sail on the Salish Sea.



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Scene on the Sound: USS Nimitz leaving on a new deployment

Tuesday, November 29, 2022

Photo by Jan Hansen

The USS Nimitz departed Monday morning from Bremerton for its next global deployment. Its last deployment lasted nearly an entire year.

USS Nimitz photo by Jan Hansen

From Military.com 

The 10 nuclear powered Nimitz class aircraft carriers are the largest warships in the world, each designed for an approximately 50 year service life with one mid-life refueling. 

USS NIMITZ (CVN 68), USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69), USS CARL VINSON (CVN 70), and USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71) have all completed their Refueling Complex Overhauls (RCOH) at Newport News, Va., with USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN 72) having commenced RCOH in 2013.



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Scene over the Sound: Catch of the Day

Tuesday, November 22, 2022

Photo by Adam Helland
Photographed over the Innis Arden Reserve. The fish is almost as big as the osprey!



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Scene on the Sound: USAV Monterrey at sunset

Sunday, November 20, 2022

Photo by John Slonecki
US Army Ship MONTERREY (LCU 2030) — by Richmond Beach, on November 16, 2022

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Runnymede-class large landing craft are powered watercraft in the United States Army. They replaced older USN-design landing craft, and are a typical Landing Craft Utility design with a bow ramp and large aft superstructure. 

They transport rolling and tracked vehicles, containers, and outsized and general cargo from ships offshore to shore, as well as to areas that cannot be reached by oceangoing vessels (coastal, harbor, and intercoastal waterways). It can be self-deployed or transported aboard a float-on/float-off vessel. 

It is classed for coastal service and one-man engine room operations and does not carry a U.S. Coast Guard COI (certificate of inspection) and is classified under 46 CFR subchapter C-uninspected.[1] 

The vessel's hull is built to and classed to ABS load line rules, although machinery installations generally met ABS machinery rules when built, the vessels systems are not classed by ABS. The vessel can sustain a crew of 2 warrant officers and 11 enlisted personnel for up to 18 days, and 10,000 miles. This class is also equipped with an aft anchor to assist in retracting from the beach. Several are deployed to Europe and aboard Afloat Prepositioning Ships.[2]


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Scene on the Sound: Push me - Pull you

Saturday, November 19, 2022

 
Photo by Jan Hansen

I'm thinking that we should provide every child in the area with a book about tugboats - they are so much a part of our environment.

I just tried to find the title of the tugboat book I remember from my childhood. But I'm going to stop looking because most of the books I loved as a child are absolutely horrible now that I read them as an adult.

I did easily find 30 other tugboat children's books - maybe we could donate a book to each school library.

--Diane Hettrick



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Scene on the Sound: CSL Group self-unloader

Friday, November 18, 2022

Photo by Lee Wolfe

Our neighbors to the north are welcomed to Puget Sound with a lovely sunset. This vessel belongs to the CSL Group - Canadian Steamship Lines - and is a self-unloader. Self-unloaders are specialized ships equipped with onboard cargo-handling systems, enabling them to discharge without shore-based unloading equipment.

--Lee Wolfe


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Scene on the Sound: construction equipment

Monday, November 14, 2022

 
Photo by Lee Lageschulte

Ok - I'm stumped. Construction cranes obviously, but I have no clue what the rest of the cargo is or where it is headed.

Anyone?

--Diane Hettrick



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Scene on the Sound: Guided missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones

Saturday, November 5, 2022

USS John Paul Jones photo by Jan Hansen

From Wikipedia

USS John Paul Jones (DDG-53) is the third Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy and the first ship of the class homeported on the west coast. She is the second ship named after American Revolutionary War naval captain John Paul Jones. She was built at Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine. The ship is part of Destroyer Squadron 9 of Carrier Strike Group 11, which is headed by the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68).[1]

John Paul Jones is capable of operating independently, as an element of a coordinated force, or as the nucleus of a surface action group, and to direct and coordinate anti-air, surface, undersea, and strike warfare operations. The ship is named in honor of John Paul Jones and derives her motto from his words: "I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast, for I intend to go in harm's way."[2]

The ship is equipped with the Aegis combat system and is capable of conducting both offensive and defensive operations using Tomahawk cruise missiles, RGM-84 Harpoon and RIM-66 Standard missiles, CIWS, and 5-inch (127 mm) gun. The Arleigh Burke class is the first class of U.S. warships to be fitted with an integrated chemical, biological and radiological defense system.[2]


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Scene on the Sound: The Polar Star returns

Monday, October 31, 2022

 
Photo by Jan Hansen

In the golden light of the sunset, from my living room I am viewing the Polar Star at anchor just south of Jefferson Head. Welcome home.

--Jan Hansen

Photo by Jan Hansen

The U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker, the Polar Star, sailed through Shoreline about 3:15 in the afternoon on Saturday, October 29, 2022.

USCGC POLAR STAR (WAGB 10) Homeported in Seattle, Washington, US Coast Guard Cutter POLAR STAR (WAGB 10) is the United States' only heavy icebreaker. Commissioned in 1976, she was built by Lockheed Shipbuilding along with her now decommissioned sister ship, POLAR SEA (WAGB 11). 

Three aviation-grade gas turbine engines provide USCGC POLAR STAR with up to 75,000 horsepower, making her the most powerful ship in the US Coast Guard. Each year, POLAR STAR travels to McMurdo Station, Antarctica to lead Operation Deep Freeze and break miles of ice up to 21 feet thick.


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