|
|
Article: NEW NOAA RESEARCH VESSEL EXCEEDS INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS AS QUIET VESSEL
- Article from:
- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- June 27, 2007
CopyrightCopyright © HT Media Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
|
The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration issued the following press release:
The newly constructed National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration fishery survey vessel Henry B. Bigelow has exceeded international standards as an acoustically quiet vessel, according to a report released by the U.S. Navy.
NOAA received the results from a battery of underwater acoustic tests done by the Navy on the ship at the Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center on Andros Island in the Bahamas.
"Henry B. Bigelow is one of only a handful of research ships in the world that have met this high standard as a quiet research vessel," said retired Navy Vice Adm. ...