{"id":1168,"date":"2013-08-12T13:18:53","date_gmt":"2013-08-12T17:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/noaacoastsurvey.wordpress.com\/?p=1168"},"modified":"2013-08-12T13:18:53","modified_gmt":"2013-08-12T17:18:53","slug":"noaa-ship-hassler-starts-new-phase-of-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nauticalcharts.noaa.gov\/updates\/noaa-ship-hassler-starts-new-phase-of-operations\/","title":{"rendered":"NOAA Ship Ferdinand R. Hassler starts new phase of operations"},"content":{"rendered":"

NOAA\u2019s newest survey ship, the Ferdinand R. Hassler<\/a><\/i>, arrived at her new homeport of New Castle, New Hampshire, earlier this month, and began her first New Hampshire survey project today. Hassler was commissioned<\/a><\/i> in Norfolk, Va., in June 2012. She has been undergoing sea trials, training, and certification, and responded to Hampton Roads\u2019 request for rapid survey assistance<\/a> after Hurricane Sandy last year.
\n

\"Hassler<\/a>
NOAA Ship Ferdinand R. Hassler comes into her new homeport in New Castle, New Hampshire<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\n
\nHassler<\/i> will operate mainly along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, Caribbean Sea and Great Lakes, acquiring data to update NOAA\u2019s nautical charts. Her mission, however, is not limited to collecting bathymetry, explains retired NOAA Capt. Andy Armstrong, co-director of the Joint Hydrographic Center\/Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping<\/a> at the University of New Hampshire. Armstrong points out that \u201cHassler\u2019s<\/i> arrival is the impetus for improving the already dynamic synergies between NOAA’s hydrographic program and CCOM\u2019s research.\u201d
\nLocal government officials have provided a warm welcome to Hassler\u2019s <\/i>crew. Noting \u201cthe enthusiastic welcome from the townspeople and local businesses,\u201d Hassler<\/i> commanding officer Lt. Cmdr. Ben Evans predicts a great future for a cooperative working partnership between the ship, the town, and the university.
\nThe first cooperative project is coming up, during the survey project that starts today. While charting the approaches to New Hampshire, Hassler<\/i> will be a testing platform for a new autonomous underwater vehicle currently being analyzed by the Office of Coast Survey and UNH researchers.
\nThe Ferdinand R. Hassler<\/i> is a state-of-the-art coastal mapping vessel. The 124-foot ship will conduct basic hydrographic surveys of the sea floor using side scan and multibeam sonar technologies. The ship is also equipped to deploy buoys and unmanned submersibles and conduct general oceanographic research. Ferdinand R. Hassler\u2019s<\/i> twin-hull design is particularly suited to NOAA\u2019s mission to map the ocean floor, as it is more stable than a single-hull vessel.
\nFor your reading and viewing pleasure, here are some of the news reports about Ferdinand R. Hassler\u2019s<\/i> arrival in New Hampshire\u2026
\nPortsmouth Herald<\/i>: NOAA vessel to map the ocean floor along East Coast<\/a>
\nFoster’s Daily Democrat<\/i>: They came to see the ocean floor: ship to update nautical maps of area seabed<\/a>
\nWMUR Ch 9<\/i>: Ship has mission to map ocean floor<\/a>
\nAP (via Boston Globe<\/i>): NH becomes home port of newest NOAA mapping vessel<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NOAA\u2019s newest survey ship, the Ferdinand R. Hassler, arrived at her new homeport of New Castle, New Hampshire, earlier this month, and began her first New Hampshire survey project today. Hassler was commissioned in Norfolk, Va., in June 2012. She has been undergoing sea trials, training, and certification, and responded to Hampton Roads\u2019 request for … <\/p>\n

Continue reading “NOAA Ship Ferdinand R. Hassler starts new phase of operations”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[230,231],"class_list":["post-1168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ferdinand-r-hassler","tag-ccom","tag-new-castle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nauticalcharts.noaa.gov\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nauticalcharts.noaa.gov\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nauticalcharts.noaa.gov\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nauticalcharts.noaa.gov\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nauticalcharts.noaa.gov\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nauticalcharts.noaa.gov\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1168\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nauticalcharts.noaa.gov\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nauticalcharts.noaa.gov\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nauticalcharts.noaa.gov\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}