NOAA Ship Ferdinand R. Hassler will support NOAA’s nautical charting mission
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 8, 2012. NOAA today commissioned a state-of-the-art coastal mapping vessel, NOAA Ship Ferdinand R. Hassler, during a special ceremony at NOAA’s Marine Operations Center-Atlantic in Norfolk, Va.
The new ship’s primary mission will be to detect and monitor changes to the sea floor. Data collected by the ship will be used to update nautical charts, detect potential hazards to navigation, and enhance…
