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OAS platform Detail for Ocean Explorer
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platforms_id: 12991
Title:
Name: Ocean Explorer
ICES Code: 33E0
Callsign: WCZ8146
Countries: UNITED STATES
Comments: Updated information from ICES for the vessel OCEAN EXPLORER from US: UNITED STATES.

Name : OCEAN EXPLORER
Country(s) : US: UNITED STATES (ISO Country Code)
Platform Class : 31: Research vessel
Call Sign : WCZ8146
Commissioned Date : 2016
Decommissioned Date : 2018-01
Current Length : 18
Built : 1986
Previous Name (Notes): Chelonia
WOD Code: 11482
Notes : Aluminum fishing vessel, with a 5.1-meter beam and nominally 2-meter draft, powered by two 1,000 HP Iveco diesel engines. The vessel was built by Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding. Official Number 905425. NEI collected data in 2017

Information Sources:
- http://www.offshorewindhub.org/sites/default/files/resources/deepwater_9-27-2012_biwfbitserappendixe1.pdf
- http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/small/gladdinghearn.htm
- https://boatdb.net/boat/ocean-explorer-905425.htm

General Comments:
- NCEI has data collected from R/V Ocean Explorer in Gulf of Mexico from 2017-08-04 to 2017-10-12.
- Call sign WCZ8146 between 2016 and 2018-Jan - info from boatdb.net
- Not in Miramar
- Information about vessel was received from data provider.

Confirmed by NOAA on 2018-08-31 (FY2018).
Submitted to ICES 2017-12-20
Deprecated: false
Metadata version: 3
Keydate: 2017-12-20 23:19:45+00
Editdate: 2023-06-25 12:32:52+00