gov.noaa.nodc:USGS-Ocean-TS eng utf8 series NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NOAA Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information custodian 2026-04-02T17:05:35Z ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) U.S. Geological Survey Oceanographic Time-Series Data Collection of measurements of current velocity, temperature, pressure and other data made in U.S. coastal waters between 1975 and present 2008-12-31 publication 2021-10-15 revision 2008-12-31 creation NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:USGS-Ocean-TS NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information publisher Ellyn Montgomery US DOI/US Geological Survey/Woods Hole Science Center emontgomery@usgs.gov http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov HTTP US DOI/US Geological Survey/Woods Hole Science Center website Institution web page information resourceProvider US DOI/US Geological Survey/Woods Hole Science Center http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov HTTP US DOI/US Geological Survey/Woods Hole Science Center website Institution web page information resourceProvider Montgomery, Ellyn T. U.S. Geological Survey http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov HTTP US DOI/US Geological Survey/Woods Hole Science Center website Institution web page information author Martini, Marinna A. U.S. Geological Survey http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov HTTP US DOI/US Geological Survey/Woods Hole Science Center website Institution web page information author Lightsom, Frances L. U.S. Geological Survey http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov HTTP US DOI/US Geological Survey/Woods Hole Science Center website Institution web page information author Butman, Bradford U.S. Geological Survey http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov HTTP US DOI/US Geological Survey/Woods Hole Science Center website Institution web page information author Ellyn Montgomery US DOI/US Geological Survey/Woods Hole Science Center Data Manager stellwagen_manager@usgs.gov https://stellwagen.er.usgs.gov/contacts.html HTTPS US DOI/US Geological Survey/Woods Hole Science Center website Institution web page information pointOfContact US DOI/US Geological Survey/Woods Hole Science Center http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov HTTP US DOI/US Geological Survey/Woods Hole Science Center website Institution web page information contributor tableDigital This collection includes time-series oceanographic data collected by U.S. Geological Survey investigators and collaborators as part of experiments to study circulation and sediment transport in the coastal ocean. The experiments were typically one month to several years long and were carried out between 1975 and the present. Measurements include current velocity, temperature, pressure, conductivity, light transmission (beam attenuation) among others. The experiments often focused on observations near the sea floor, but most also obtained some data in the water column. Data are provided at the fastest instrument sampling interval and often as hourly averages. Experiments longer than a few months may entail multiple, sequential instrument deployments; the data for these experiments are available as separate records. This dataset is available to the public for a wide variety of uses including scientific research and analysis. onGoing historicalArchive NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information pointOfContact asNeeded https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/metadata/landing-page/bin/gfx?id=gov.noaa.nodc:USGS-Ocean-TS Preview graphic PNG 0049879 0052766 0053940 0053941 0054153 0054154 0056730 0058714 0060062 0061443 0061458 0066005 0066007 0066008 0066009 0066097 0066098 0066099 0066107 0066109 0066110 0066111 0067553 0067554 0067555 0067556 0067557 0067558 0067568 0067569 0067570 0067571 0067572 0067573 0067574 0067575 0067576 0067577 NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER 2010-09-30 publication AIR TEMPERATURE Attenuation/Transmission BAROMETRIC PRESSURE BEAM ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT CONDUCTIVITY CURRENT DIRECTION CURRENT METER - DIRECTION CURRENT METER - EAST-WEST COMPONENT (U) CURRENT METER - NORTH-SOUTH COMPONENT (V) CURRENT METER - SPEED CURRENT SPEED CURRENT SPEED - EAST/WEST COMPONENT (U) CURRENT SPEED - NORTH/SOUTH COMPONENT (V) CURRENT SPEED - UP/DOWN COMPONENT (W) DEPTH - BOTTOM DEPTH - SENSOR DIRECTIONAL WAVE SPECTRA DISSOLVED OXYGEN HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE LIGHT ATTENUATION SALINITY SEA HEIGHT SEA LEVEL - MEAN SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE SIGMA-THETA TRANSMISSIVITY WATER TEMPERATURE WAVE - PEAK PERIOD WAVE DATA WAVE DIRECTION WAVE ENERGY WAVE HEIGHT WAVE HEIGHT - SIGNIFICANT WAVE PERIOD WAVE PERIOD - AVERAGE WAVE PERIOD - DOMINANT WAVE SPECTRA WIND DIRECTION WIND GUST WIND SPEED theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS absorption and beam attenuation meter ADCP buoy - moored buoy conductivity sensor CTD CTD - moored CTD current meter fluorometer meteorological sensor mooring oxygen sensor pressure gauge sonar temperature probe thermistor thermometer transmissometer video camera wave gauge - non-directional instrument NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS benthic current measurements meteorological optical physical phytoplankton abundance profile time series theme NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS A. 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VERRILL ADVANCE II ARGO MAINE ASTERIAS ATLANTIC TWIN ATLANTIS II COLUMBUS ISELIN DSV Alvin FARNELLA GLORITA GYRE KILA LULU MARLIN MARY LOUISE moorings NOAA Ship McArthur NOAA Ship Nancy Foster OCEANUS POINT SUR R/V ASTERIAS R/V GARCIA DEL CID R/V Seward Johnson II R/V WECOMA ROBERT GORDON SPROUL USCGC HORNBEAM USNS De Steiguer WHITEFOOT YELLOWFIN platform NODC PLATFORM NAMES THESAURUS US DOI/US Geological Survey/Woods Hole Science Center dataCentre NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS US DOI/US Geological Survey/Woods Hole Science Center dataCentre NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics (GLOBEC International) project NODC PROJECT NAMES THESAURUS Adriatic Sea Coastal Waters of Hawaii Gulf of Maine Gulf of Mexico Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary Massachusetts Bay Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary North Atlantic Ocean North Pacific Ocean Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary place NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS oceanography theme WMO_CategoryCode 2012-09-15 publication DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOI/USGS/CMG/WHSC > Woods Hole Science Center, Coastal and Marine Geology, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior dataCentre Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords 2026 revision 24 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. 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URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND DIRECTION EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND SPEED EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > OXYGEN EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > OCEAN CURRENTS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN OPTICS > ATTENUATION/TRANSMISSION EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN PRESSURE > WATER PRESSURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE HEIGHT EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE PERIOD EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE SPECTRA EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE SPEED/DIRECTION EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > CONDUCTIVITY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > DENSITY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY > SEA LEVEL > MEAN SEA LEVEL theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords 2026 revision 24 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. 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URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian ADCP Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) Acoustic backscatter (ABS) Bathymeteric surveying Beam attenuation Current Deployment of oxygen profiler and benthic chambers Horizontal array Internal waves Massachusetts Bay Internal Wave Experiment Moored array Mooring exchange, oxygen profiles in sediment Mooring work Oceanographic observations Optical backscatter Oxygen profiling in sediments Photography Physical Oceanography Pressure Recover current moorings, slope water mapping Salinity Sampling Seafloor mapping Sediment transport Suspended sediment concentration Temperature Tripod and subsurface deployment and recovery Tripod and subsurface mooring recovery and deployment Tripod deployment Tripod recovery Water sampling for radon measurements XBT, surface salinity samples physical oceanographic observations theme Originator Keywords ADCP > Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler CONDUCTIVITY METERS > CONDUCTIVITY METERS CTD > Conductivity, Temperature, Depth CURRENT METERS FLUOROMETERS > FLUOROMETERS OXYGEN METERS > OXYGEN METERS PRESSURE GAUGES SONAR > Sound Navigation and Ranging TEMPERATURE PROBES > TEMPERATURE PROBES THERMISTORS > THERMISTORS THERMOMETERS > THERMOMETERS TRANSMISSOMETERS VIDEO CAMERA > VIDEO CAMERA instrument Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords 2026 revision 24 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. 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VERRILL (ICES code: 3171) ADVANCE II (ICES code: 32AD) ALVIN (ICES code: 31A5) ARGO MAINE (ICES code: 33AM) ASTERIAS (ICES code: 31AA) ASTERIAS (ICES code: 58AT) ATLANTIC TWIN (call sign: WY5063, ICES code: 32AW) ATLANTIS II (call sign: KADC, ICES code: 31AN, 1963-1996) COLUMBUS ISELIN (ICES code: 32IC) DE STEIGUER (ICES code: 315D) FARNELLA (ICES code: 74AE) GARCIA DEL CID (call sign: EHUU, ICES code: 29GD) GLORITA (call sign: WSE338, ICES code: 32O7) GYRE (ICES code: 32GY) HORNBEAM (call sign: P3SF2, ICES code: 32HG) KILA (ICES code: 33KL) LULU (call sign: LANA4, ICES code: 315L) MARLIN (ICES code: 90MR) MARY LOUISE (ICES code: 32UN) MCARTHUR (ICES code: 31M4) NANCY FOSTER (call sign: WTER, ICES code: 33NF, 2004-) OCEANUS (call sign: WXAQ, ICES code: 32OC, 1976-) POINT SUR (call sign: WSC2276, ICES code: 32P0, 1980-) ROBERT GORDON SPROUL (call sign: WSQ2674, ICES code: 32QU, 1981-) SEWARD JOHNSON II (call sign: WTL4798, ICES code: 33S2, 2001-2006) WECOMA (call sign: WSD7079, ICES code: 32WC, 1976-) WHITEFOOT (ICES code: 32WH) YELLOWFIN (call sign: WSA3704, ICES code: 31YE) platform ICES/SeaDataNet Ship Codes OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MAINE OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF MEXICO OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > MEDITERRANEAN SEA > ADRIATIC SEA OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > CENTRAL PACIFIC OCEAN > HAWAIIAN ISLANDS OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN place Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords 2026 revision 24 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. 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U.S. Geological Survey Oceanographic Time-Series Data Collection 2017-01-12 publication https://stellwagen.er.usgs.gov/ HTTPS https://stellwagen.er.usgs.gov/ Oceanographic time-series measurements made by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1975 and the present as part of research programs. search US DOI/US Geological Survey/Woods Hole Science Center http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov HTTP US DOI/US Geological Survey/Woods Hole Science Center website Institution web page information publisher crossReference collection Montgomery, E.T., Martini, M.A., Lightsom, F.L. and Butman, Bradford, 2016, Documentation of the U.S. Geological Survey Oceanographic Time-Series Measurement Database (ver 2.0, April 2016): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1194, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20071194. 2016-04 publication Version 2.0 International DOI Foundation (IDF) https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20071194 https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20071194 HTTPS https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20071194 Documentation information Montgomery, E.T. 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NCEI launched publicly on April 22, 2015. 2015-04-22T00:00:00 asNeeded Metadata are developed, maintained and distributed by NCEI. Updates are performed as needed to maintain currentness. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information custodian absorption and beam attenuation meter absorption and beam attenuation meter absorption and beam attenuation meter ADCP ADCP Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler The Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) measures currents beneath a ship while underway. Sound signals sent from the moving ship bounce back to receivers aboard the ship. This provides a profile of water movement relative to the ship-precise modern navigation, allowing the ship's motion to be subtracted from the data. These devices are also used on moorings and profilers and, along with acoustic backscattering, measure animal biomass. Particles in the path of the sound waves, mostly plankton, reflect a small part of the sound energy back toward receivers, allowing researchers to make remote estimates of the sizes and numbers of animals present in the water column. Before the 1970's, the most technologically advanced instrument used to measure water velocity was known as a Doppler speed log. This evolved into the first commercial ADCP, produced in the mid-1970's, which used averaging. Later in the 1970's, the first vessel-mounted ADCP was developed to measure water velocity more accurately and to allow measurement in range cells over a depth profile. As instruments evolved, so did new techniques in Doppler signal processing. Initially, Doppler speed logs used simple analog signal processing methods, which are still used in some commercial speed logs today. However, the first ADCPs incorporated analog-to-digital signal conversion over a narrow communication bandwidth. Around 1990, this technique was developed into broadband signal processing. Since then, broadband ADCPs have been able to generate very accurate, real-time velocity measurements. buoy - moored buoy buoy - moored buoy a moored buoy does not measure anything. it is a platform for instruments, which do measure things. conductivity sensor conductivity sensor OMEGA non-contact conductivity sensor CDCN-108 or Honeywell DirectLine DL423 Sensor Module, for example Water conductivity sensors are used to measure how well a solution conducts an electrical current. CTD CTD Conductivity-Temperature-Depth probe CTD - moored CTD CTD - moored CTD CTD - moored CTD current meter current meter current meter fluorometer fluorometer fluorometer meteorological sensor meteorological sensor Any meteorological sensor, but also see specific instruments such as aerovane, anemometer, etc. mooring mooring use as an observation type oxygen sensor oxygen sensor Any instrument that measures oxygen content in a compound. pressure gauge pressure gauge pressure gauge pressure gauge used to measure water pressure for use in NODC File Alias F017 sonar sonar sound/sonic navigation and ranging Sonar (sound navigation and ranging or sonic navigation and ranging) is a technique that uses sound propagation (usually underwater, as in submarine navigation) to navigate, measure distances (ranging), communicate with or detect objects on or under the surface of the water, such as other vessels. Side-scan sonar (also sometimes called side scan sonar, sidescan sonar, side imaging sonar, side-imaging sonar and bottom classification sonar) is a category of sonar system that is used to efficiently create an image of large areas of the sea floor. [wikipedia] Bio-acoustic Sonar measures acoustic signals of plankton and zooplankton. [OOI] temperature probe temperature probe For example, OMEGA temperature probe PR-11-2-100-1/8-6-e Vaisala HUMICAP® Humidity and Temperature Probe HMP155 thermistor thermistor electronic temperature sensor thermally sensitive resistor thermometer thermometer generic thermometer or reversing thermometer use thermometer when temperature is a data type, but the exact instrument used to measure temperature is unknown transmissometer transmissometer transmissometer Instrument used to measure transmissivity in NODC File Alias F022. video camera video camera a camera which makes moving or still images used as the basis for making parameter determinations wave gauge - non-directional wave gauge - non-directional NIWA Dobie-A non-directional wave gauge, for example NIWA = National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, New Zealand A. E. VERRILL A. E. VERRILL ADVANCE II ADVANCE II ARGO MAINE ARGO MAINE ASTERIAS ASTERIAS ATLANTIC TWIN ATLANTIC TWIN ATLANTIS II 4/63-PRESENT COLUMBUS ISELIN COLUMBUS ISELIN DSV Alvin Submersible. FARNELLA FARNELLA GLORITA WSE338 GYRE Flag: United States Vessel Type: Oceanographic Research IMO: 7318999 DOB: 1973-10 KILA KILA LULU LULU MARLIN MARLIN MARY LOUISE MARY LOUISE moorings entry created as MOORINGS OF UNITED STATES, but has been used as a generic MOORINGS entry. NOAA Ship McArthur Title: NOAA Ship Flag: United States of America Vessel Type: Research Vessel (Hydrographic) DOB: 1965 IMO: 6602082 Decommissioned as NOAA Ship MCARTHUR May 20, 2003 NOAA Ship Nancy Foster Title: NOAA Ship Flag: United States of America Vessel Type: Research Vessel (Environmental) DOB: May 1991 IMO: 8993227 Former Name: Agate Pass (YTT-12) (2002) OCEANUS Flag: United States of America Vessel Type: Research Vessel DOB: 1975 IMO: 7603617 MMSI: 367977000 POINT SUR POINT SUR R/V ASTERIAS Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Research Vessel. The replacement for [the original] Asterias, delivered to WHOI in 1980, was a 46-foot vessel given the same name. R/V GARCIA DEL CID R/V; TA-2-166 Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC) built 1977 R/V Seward Johnson II Flag: United States Vessel Type: Diving Ship Built: 1982 Active: 1987-2005 IMO: 8120014 Former Names: Edwin Link (1982-1987); Trojan (1982) New Name: Atlantic Explorer (2006-) See https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-2003-06-08-0306050362-story.html 168-foot Seward Johnson II Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute at FAU See https://nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9707819&HistoricalAwards=false 9622783 ASKEW The Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution will operate the research vessels SEWARD JOHNSON, EDWIN LINK and SEA DIVER in 1997. In addition they operate the submersible JOHNSON SEA-LINK and a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV). These systems are operated as effective research platforms for a variety of NSF-sponsored research projects. The SEWARD JOHNSON is a 204' general purpose research vessel with a schedule of 255 operational days in 1997 of which 179 days are in support of NSF-funded research. The ship will support cruises off Brazil, Barbados, s.Africa and Puerto Rico. The EDWIN LINK is a 168' general research vessel with a schedule of 218 operational days in 1997 of which 46 days are in support of NSF-funded research. See https://www.unols.org/ships-facilities/unols-vessels/historical-list-all-unols-vessels Edwin Link (HBOI) Renamed R/V Seward Johnson II Seward Johnson II (ex. Edwin Link) (BIOS) Purchased from HBOI late 2005. Christened R/V Atlantic Explorer in 2006. See http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/virtual_disk_library/index.cgi/6038477/FID2875/technology/vessels/sewardjohnson/sewardjohnson.html At 168 ft and displacing 781 tons, the R/V Seward Johnson II is owned and operated by HARBOR BRANCH Oceanographic Institution (HARBOR BRANCH) and was built in 1982 as an offshore supply vessel. HARBOR BRANCH converted it to support marine science research and submersible operations in 1988. The Seward Johnson II was formerly known as the Edwin Link, but it was renamed in honor of Seward Johnson Jr., HARBOR BRANCH’s chairman. See https://www.vesselfinder.com/vessels/ATLANTIC-EXPLORER-IMO-8120014-MMSI-303591000 ATLANTIC EXPLORER 2006 SEWARD JOHNSON II 2000 EDWIN LINK 1987 C/TROJAN 1982 R/V WECOMA R/V WECOMA is owned by the National Science Foundation and operated under a Cooperative Agreement by Oregon State University, College of Oceanic & Atmospheric Sciences. ROBERT GORDON SPROUL Flag: United States Type: Research Vessel Operator: Scripps USCGC HORNBEAM USCGC HORNBEAM USNS De Steiguer T-AGOR-12 WHITEFOOT WHITEFOOT YELLOWFIN YELLOWFIN