Science at Sea Meeting Future Oceanographic Goals with a Robust Academic Research Fleet (2009) / Chapter Skim
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1 The U.S. Academic Research Fleet
1 The U.S. Academic Research Fleet
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academic research fleet is managed through the UniversityNational Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS; Box 1-1) , a consortium that unites research institutions, federal agencies, and state and
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Although the academic fleet has existed since before World War II (history provided in Appendix A) , the UNOLS management structure was not established until 1971, based on a recommendation of the Stratton Commission report Our Nation and the Sea (Commission on Marine Science, 1969; Byrne and Dinsmore, 2000; Bash, 2001)
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The Ocean class was envisioned in the 2001 Federal Oceanographic Facilities Committee (FOFC) report Charting the Future for the National Academic Research Fleet as a replacement for the aging, less capable Intermediate class (Federal Oceanographic Facilities Committee, 2001)
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Woods Hole Oceanographic Knorr 1970 Navy 279 Institution University of Washington Thomas G 1991 Navy 274 Thompson Scripps Institution of Roger Revelle 1996 Navy 274 Oceanography Woods Hole Oceanographic Atlantis 1997 Navy 274 Institution Lamont-Doherty Earth Marcus Langseth 2008 NSF 235 Observatory Ocean University of Hawaii Kilo Moana 2002 Navy 186 Intermediate Harbor Branch Oceanographic Seward Johnson 1985 FAU 204 Institute, Florida Atlantic University (FAU)
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REPORT SCOPE The Navy has committed to build two new Ocean class vessels, scheduled to enter service in 2014 and 2015, with ONR as the mission sponsor. Both ONR and NSF are interested in the impact of evolving science needs, rapid technological advancements, and increasing operational costs on future research fleet capabilities.
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The fleet is required to support a broad range of oceanographic missions, including those in physical, biological, and chemical oceanography; marine geology and geophysics; and atmospheric science. For this reason, ONR's intent with its Global and Ocean class vessels has been to provide a general purpose platform for science (Frank Herr, personal communication, 2009)
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The academic research fleet has been studied often. Federal advisory boards, interagency groups, and the UNOLS Fleet Improvement Committee have all expended considerable effort discussing the status of the fleet, projections into the future, and renewal plans.
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In its 2004 report An Ocean Blueprint for the 21st Century, the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy praised the UNOLS fleet renewal plan outlined in Charting the Future for the National Academic Research Fleet.
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research fleet through 2025. The report recommended that it was necessary for the academic research fleet to increase beyond the levels projected in the Federal Oceanographic Fleet Status Report and that federal agencies should proceed with existing and planned fleet renewal activities.
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