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![NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer Docked in Hawaii](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20201218234148im_/https://www.omao.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/670_wide/public/media/EX%20in%20Hawaii.jpg?itok=7_mF2Dpt)
New ships will support a wide variety of missions, ranging from general oceanographic research and exploration to marine life, climate and ocean ecosystem studies.
![NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown at sea](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20201218234148im_/https://www.omao.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/670_wide/public/media/9391052637_bf80556637_o.jpg?itok=ebBfRHV-)
Six-week scientific campaign in the Caribbean will include ships, aircraft, autonomous vehicles, buoys and other tools to study the interactions between the ocean and atmosphere.
![NOAA Ship Bigelow Conducts Autumn Bottom Trawl Surveys](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20201218234148im_/https://www.omao.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/670_wide/public/media/2%20%281%29.jpg?itok=2Ugc16dq)
The Rhode Island-based Henry B. Bigelow conducted a wide variety of activities to support fisheries management and study the ocean.
Meet Commander Sarah Duncan and discover how a seed that was planted in her as a child has blossomed into her becoming the Commanding Officer of NOAA Ship Oscar Dyson!
![Gulf of Mexico Shipwreck Discovered by NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20201218234148im_/https://www.omao.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/670_wide/public/media/Shipwreck%20Discovered%20by%20NOAA%20Ship%20Okeanos%20Explorer%20on%2016%20May%202019_Photo%20courtesy%20NOAA%20Office%20of%20Ocean%20Exploration%20and%20Research.jpg?itok=oj3IfFFK)
The unexpected and exciting find was made during the ship's shakedown expedition.
![NOAA Ship Oscar Elton Sette](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20201218234148im_/https://www.omao.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/670_wide/public/media/p4180044.jpg?itok=EmtqAQM4)
The Honolulu-based ship is deploying researchers to set up camps in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands for four months.
![NOAA Ship Pisces underway](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20201218234148im_/https://www.omao.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/670_wide/public/media/NOAA%20Ship%20Pisces%20underway_NOAA%20photo.jpg?itok=zvA1xUDa)
Congratulations to the crew of Pisces, one of the vessels in NOAA's fleet of 16 research and survey ships.
The 208-foot hydrographic survey vessel conducted seafloor surveys to identify submerged hazards to navigation following Hurricane Maria.
![Marine Debris Brought Aboard NOAA Ship Oscar Elton Sette](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20201218234148im_/https://www.omao.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/670_wide/public/media/Derelict%20fishing%20nets%20are%20craned%20onboard%20the%20NOAA%20Ship%20Sette%20to%20transport%20back%20to%20Honolulu_Photo%20Steven%20Gnam.jpg?itok=UNYk-TTq)
A team of marine debris removal experts working from the Honolulu-based Oscar Elton Sette conducted operations at Pearl and Hermes Atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
![NOAA ship Ronald H. Brown at sea](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20201218234148im_/https://www.omao.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/670_wide/public/media/brownship.jpg?itok=BUq5cq5F)
Ronald H. Brown, NOAA's largest ship, returns to Charleston after more than eight months at sea.