The NOAA ship Henry B Bigelow is the newest vessel to be assigned to the
National Marine Fisheries Service Northeast Fisheries Science Center.
Launched in 2006 she replaced the Albatross IV in the spring of 2009 after extensive calibration studies.
Her normal operational area is from the Gulf of Maine to Cape Hatteras
ranging out into continental slope waters.
The Henry B Bigelow is the newest addition to the Fisheries Survey Vessel class research ship
built to modernize the NOAA fleet.
Currently the second of four vessels in her class her sister ship the Oscar Dyson has
been sailing the waters of Bering Sea and the Gulf of Alaska
in support of the Alaska Fisheries Science Center since 2004.
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The Henry B Bigelow
is the latest addition in a long line of research vessels that have facilitated investigations for the scientific community at Woods Hole, MA since the late 1800's. The Albatross IV and the Delaware II are previous additions to this distinguished line of research vessels. To see a photo archive of ships that have sailed for NOAA and its preceding agencies click here. |
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Updated June,
2009
Website Contact: Peter
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The Henry B
Bigelow contributes data to the Shipboard
Automated Meteorological and Oceanographic System (SAMOS)
everyday the ship is underway. This database is administered
by Florida
State University along with the Center
for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies and is free to
researchers around the world. To view the latest data click on the link
above and select Henry
B Bigelow from the list. |
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