NOAAS Pisces (R 226)
NOAAS ''Pisces'' (R 226) is an American fisheries and oceanographic research vessel in commission in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) fleet since 2009. Construction and commissioning ''Pisces'' was built by VT Halter Marine at Moss Point, Mississippi, and was launched on 19 December 2007, sponsored by Dr. Annette Nevin Shelby, the wife of United States Senator Richard Shelby of Alabama. The ship was commissioned into service as NOAAS ''Pisces'' (R 226) on 6 November 2009. To name the ship and promote interest in science, NOAA held a regional contest requiring submission of a proposed name and an accompanying essay supporting the choice of name. The winning entry, submitted by five seventh graders at Sacred Heart Elementary School in Southaven, Mississippi, was ''Pisces''. Characteristics and capabilities Capable of conducting multidisciplinary oceanographic operations in support of biological, chemical, and physical process studies, ''Pisces'' ...
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NOAAS Pisces (R 226)
NOAAS ''Pisces'' (R 226) is an American fisheries and oceanographic research vessel in commission in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) fleet since 2009. Construction and commissioning ''Pisces'' was built by VT Halter Marine at Moss Point, Mississippi, and was launched on 19 December 2007, sponsored by Dr. Annette Nevin Shelby, the wife of United States Senator Richard Shelby of Alabama. The ship was commissioned into service as NOAAS ''Pisces'' (R 226) on 6 November 2009. To name the ship and promote interest in science, NOAA held a regional contest requiring submission of a proposed name and an accompanying essay supporting the choice of name. The winning entry, submitted by five seventh graders at Sacred Heart Elementary School in Southaven, Mississippi, was ''Pisces''. Characteristics and capabilities Capable of conducting multidisciplinary oceanographic operations in support of biological, chemical, and physical process studies, ''Pisces'' ...
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