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NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson Conducts Sea Floor Surveys to Keep Shipping Safe Along Long Island Coast

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 1, 2011.

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NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson.

NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson. (Credit: NOAA)

NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson continues today on a three-month survey of the sea floor off the coast of New York, Connecticut and Rhode Island, as part of a multi-year effort to update nautical charts for Block Island Sound and keep large ships and commerce moving safely.

In addition to supporting marine navigation, data acquired by the 208-foot hydrographic survey vessel will also support a seafloor mapping…

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