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NAVOCEANO
The Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO), located at John C. Stennis Space Center in south Mississippi, comprises approximately 1,000 civilian, military and contract personnel responsible for providing oceanographic products and services to all elements within the United States Department of Defense, Department of Defense. History The Royal Navy created the post of Hydrographer of the Navy in 1795, which within five years was producing naval charts for naval and merchant use. In 1830, the U.S. Navy established the United States Naval Observatory, Depot of Charts and Instruments maintain a supply of navigational instruments and nautical charts for issue to naval vessels. It soon became apparent that the Depot would be unable to obtain and maintain an adequate supply of the latest data unless it undertook production of charts from its own surveys. In 1837, the first survey sponsored by the Depot and led by Charles Wilkes, Lieutenant Charles Wilkes resulted in four engraved charts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naval Ice Center
The U.S. National Ice Center (USNIC) is a tri-agency operational center whose mission is to provide worldwide navigational ice analyses for the United States Armed Forces, armed forces of the United States, allied nations, and Government of the United States, U.S. government agencies. It is represented by the United States Navy (United States Department of Defense, Department of Defense); the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (United States Department of Commerce, Department of Commerce); and the United States Coast Guard (United States Department of Homeland Security, Department of Homeland Security). The U.S. National Ice Center is a subordinate command of the Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO). Originally known as the Navy/NOAA Joint Ice Center, which was established on December 15, 1976 in a memorandum of agreement between the U.S. Navy and NOAA, the National Ice Center was formed in 1995 when the U.S. Coast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |