Thomas Jefferson |
(MI_Platform) uuid: 9e3f6024-441a-4f59-991c-0360fed57d5a citation: (CI_Citation) title: NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson alternateTitle: Thomas Jefferson date: (CI_Date) date: 2019-09-30 dateType: (CI_DateTypeCode) creation identifier: (MD_Identifier) code: Thomas Jefferson description: NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson is a hydrographic survey vessel that maps the ocean to aid maritime commerce, improve coastal resilience, and understand the marine environment. Officers, crews, and scientists aboad the ship log the data that NOAA cartographers use to create and update the nation?s nautical charts with ever-increasing data richness and precision. Formerly the U.S. Naval Ship Littlehales, the ship officially entered the NOAA fleet in 2003 and was renamed for President Thomas Jefferson, who established they Survey of the Coast in 1807. The ship is homeported at the NOAA Marine Operations Center-Atlantic in Norfolk, Virginia. Thomas Jefferson operates primarily along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. sponsor: xlink: https://data.noaa.gov//docucomp/component/02527da0-6aaa-11e0-ae3e-0800200c9a66 title: NOAA/OMAO/MOC-A Marine Operations Center - Atlantic (owner) instrument: xlink: https://data.noaa.gov/docucomp/3fc99253-bc2b-438f-8655-ffd5a825c260 title: Kongsberg EM2040 instrument: xlink: https://data.noaa.gov//docucomp/component/9a8d7fa0-701a-11e0-a1f0-0800200c9a66 title: Reson SeaBat 7125 Multibeam Echosounder instrument: xlink: https://data.noaa.gov//docucomp/component/174979b0-700a-11e0-a1f0-0800200c9a66 title: Furuno FE700 Echosounder |