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2nd Asst. Engineer Pat McManus looks over his welding job on the grated deck. |
ACO Hilton poses with his well-traveled deck shoes and storied coffee cup collection, before committing them to a final resting place at the quadruple point of four hemispheres (0-180). |
Ens Rebecca Waddington smiles down from the main mast, having made her first ascent to KA's topmost point. |
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The KA crew doing what they do best, bringing another TAO mooring onboard the fantail. |
The ship's backup RHIB, "KA2", underway on its first buoy op after day-long rigging and handling practice. |
Ben pings the acoustic release at the 8S/180 mooring as Dave lowers the transducer. |
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AB Shon Bowden points the bow to the eastern horizon as we steam towards the International Date Line. |
DU "Jimbo" Donovan tries his luck at catching dinner. |
Cadet Tommy Gorey checks out his manicure while waiting for a CTD cast to start. |
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Scientist Dai McClurg takes a quick soda break during the 8S/165E TAO deployment. |
Whirling nylon spool pays out under the able control of CDR Barbara "Doc" Schoen (honorary member, KA Deck Dep't). |
OS "Coats" carefully lowers KA1 into the water for a quick buoy repair at 2S/165E. |
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Roger, Dave, and Chris get ready to pay out the Acoustic Release on the new Equatorial mooring |
Chief Sci Ben Moore hooks up the towing hauser to the Equatorial/165E TAO mooring. |
Ens Rebecca Waddington, LTJG Fischman, and LCDR Hilton, looking over buoy ops in Aft Con. |
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Cadet Tommy Gorey and XO Robert Kamphaus scan the channel ahead as we depart Kwajalein, RMI for our 4th cruise of the year |
ST Elaine Stuart braces herself for a CTD deployment at 5N/165E. |
AB Chris Kaanaana prepares to pass the towing hauser to "KA1" at the 8N/165E TAO mooring. |
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Clem snickers evilly as the tournament losers put away their chips.... |
Deckies Chris, Mike, and Matt toss over the mooring lines as we wrap up cruise GP-3 in Kwajalein |
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