NOAA to Commission East Coast Survey Ship

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Date
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Source
Boston Globe
Summary

The NOAA Ship Ferdinand R. Hassler, a federal research vessel that will help update nautical charts on the East Coast, will be commissioned Friday, doubling the size of the Atlantic mapping fleet. The Hassler will be home ported in New Castle, NH, next spring. (Image courtesy of NOAA.)