The NOAA Ship TOWNSEND CROMWELL was decommissioned on October 10, 2002, and is no longer in service. The vessel is being transfered to the government of American Samoa in accordance with Public Law 106-555, Section 204. |
The NOAA Ship TOWNSEND CROMWELL was decommissioned on October 10, 2002, and is no longer in service. The vessel is being transfered to the government of American Samoa in accordance with Public Law 106-555, Section 204. |
The NOAA Ship TOWNSEND CROMWELL conducted fishery and living marine resource research in support of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Honolulu Laboratory in Honolulu, Hawaii. The ship normally operated in the Pacific in and around the Hawaiian Island Archipelago. The ship collected fish and crustacean specimens using bottom trawls, longlines, and fish traps. The vessel was operated by NOAA's Office of Marine and Aviation Operations..
The CROMWELL was named after Townsend Cromwell.
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