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Okeanos Explorer Commissioning
 Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr. Vice Admiral, U.S. Navy (Ret.), Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere signs the Commissioning Document |
 The Okeanos Explorer has the first ship’s store to be set up prior to the vessel being commissioned. SST Elaine Stuart displays a ball cap ($15) and a kid’s T-shirt ($10) all for sale at the ceremony. |
 Plank Owners Jim Watkins, Elaine Stuart, Nathan Thomas, Colleen Peters and Jack Standfast show off their plank owner garb at the ceremony. |
 Following the ceremony was a “dependant’s cruise” where friends and family of the crew who came to the ceremony rode aboard the ship during its transit back to NOAA’s facility at Sand Point on Lake Washington. |
 The Okeanos Explorer crew waits for the commissioning ceremony rehearsal to start. |
 Ship’s Crew is congratulated by friends, family and special guests at the Commissioning Ceremony on August 13, 2008 at pier 66 in downtown Seattle, WA. |
 With all of the screens and cameras lit up, visitors can get a feel for what it would be like to work in the Control Room aboard the Okeanos Explorer. |
 CDR Joseph Pica hands Dr. Stephen R. Hammond, Acting Director of the Office of Ocean Exploration, a commemorative commissioning coin. |
 The plank owners of the Okeanos Explorer and the Commissioning party in front of the ship. |
 CDR Joseph Pica cuts the cake with the assistance of the Commissioning party: (from l-r) Dr. Stephen R. Hammond (Office of Ocean Exploration), RADM Jonathan W. Bailey (NOAA Corps and OMAO), Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr. Vice Admiral, U.S. Navy (Ret.) (Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere), CDR Joseph Pica (Okeanos Explorer), John J. Sullivan (Deputy Secretary of Commerce) Dr. Robert Ballard (Institute for Exploration) and Dr. Marcia McNutt (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute). |
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