The NOAA ship Delaware II RTE-a case study of the repairs-to-extend the service life of a NOAA research vessel

Author

Archibald, Peter E. ; Hotaling, John M. ; Midboe, Eric A. ; Capuco, Benedict P.

Author_Institution

Systems Acquisition Office, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1995

fDate

9-12 Oct 1995

Firstpage

478

Abstract

NOAA´s Fleet Replacement and Modernization (FRAM) Program is intended to create a more efficient, more capable fleet of research ships in support of NOAA´s National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, and National Ocean Service. This paper describes the FRAM activities associated with one of those ships, the DELAWARE II (R445), serving NMFS´ mission of building and maintaining sustainable living marine resources. There are nine NOAA ships working primarily for NMFS around the United States including DELAWARE II. The scope of the intended future research work and the necessary repair and redesign work are described

Keywords

naval engineering; oceanographic equipment; ships; FRAM; Fleet Replacement and Modernization Program; NMFS; NOAA ship Delaware II RTE; National Marine Fisheries Service; National Ocean Service; Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research; R445; USA; United States; apparatus; equipment; fisheries; instrumentation; marine biology; marine resource; naval engineering; ocean; redesign; refit; repair; repairs-to-extend; research vessel; sea; survey ship; Aquaculture; Computer aided software engineering; Ferroelectric films; Gears; Marine animals; Marine vehicles; Nonvolatile memory; Oceans; Random access memory; Recruitment;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS '95. MTS/IEEE. Challenges of Our Changing Global Environment. Conference Proceedings.

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

0-933957-14-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANS.1995.526810

Filename

526810