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Survey Operations


Rainier primarily conducts hydrographic survey operations in Alaska and along the Pacific coast of the United States. Over 6,120 square nautical miles of critical survey area and 24,311 square nautical miles of Priority 1 survey area exist on the Alaskan coast alone! The links below describe hydrographic survey operations aboard Rainier.

RAINIER Icy Bay (2000)
Rainier meets Icy Bay (2000)


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  • URL: http://www.moc.noaa.gov/ra/operations/survey.htm
  • Updated: July 7, 2009