NOAA’s Fleet: A History of Keeping Research at Sea Afloat

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NOAA’s Fleet: A History of Keeping Research at Sea Afloat NOAA Heritage Deep Dive:An in-depth look back at NOAA’s ship fleet. This story was originally published on NOAA’s 200th Anniversary website in 2007. Since the 1850s, NOAA and its predecessor agencies have operated a fleet of ships to gather information needed to create nautical charts, […]

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