RV Thomas G. Thompson
Schedule For 2004

Here is an updated schedule for the remainder of this year.


POC:  Daniel S. Schwartz                  LAST UPDATED: 2004/09/13 19:26 EDT
         Manager of Marine Operations
       University of Washington
       School of Oceanography
       Box 357940
       Seattle, WA 98195-7940
       Tel: 206-543-5062
       Fax: 206-543-6073
       Email: schwartz@ocean.washington.edu

                          R/V Thomas_G._Thompson 2004

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Changes, this version:  port names corrected, dates of year end
PRISM/Student cruise one week earlier.
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                                                               DAYS/AGENCY/
CRUISE  MAP INDEX/AREA/        P.I./INSTITUTION/  PORTS       STATUS/
DATES   PURPOSE                PROPOSAL NO.                   CLEARANCE
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21 DEC  SP6/Southeast Pacific  Pockalny,R/URI/    Seattle     6/NSF/F
06 JAN  Rise/JASON/DSL-120     OCE-0137386        Easter Isla 
Transit to operations area, departing Seattle on 21 Dec. 2003.  Total en-route
of 17 days.
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7
08 JAN  SP6/Southeast Pacific  Pockalny,R/URI/    Easter Is   45/NSF/F
17 FEB  Rise/JASON/DSL-120     OCE-0137386        Papeete     Chile 
18, 19, 20 
Scientists to join at Easter Island.  Ship returns to Easter Is. on or about 9
Feb to transfer off any departing scientists.  Eight days for transit to
Papeete, Tahiti, followed by three days for de-mobe, fueling and provisioning.
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21 FEB  SP1/West Pac/          tbd/tbd/           Papeete     8/NSF/F
01 MAR  Transit/deliver equip. tbd                Suva, Fiji
         SP1/South Pacific/     Lake,B/PMEL/                   2/NOAA/F
         CTD sampling           tbd 
Transit from Papeete (after Polkany) to Suva to drop off DSL-120 system (for
Lau Basin work), en-route to Marianas and Japan.  Two days of NOAA-requested
CTD work, en-route.  REV: arrival day is the 1st of March (due to Date Line
crossing.)  After offloading NOAA personnel and equipment, the ship will resume
transit toward Guam.
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02 MAR  NP7/West Pac/          tbd/tbd/           Suva, Fiji  10/NOAA/F
11 MAR  Transit                tbd                Agana, Guam 
Re-position/transit from Suva, after dropping off DSL-120, to Guam  for the ROV
Urabe/Embley (NOAA) mission.
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12, 13, 14
15 MAR  NP10/Marianas/         Embley/PMEL/       Guam        40/NOAA/F
18 APR  Ring-of-Fire           tbd.               Yokohama    Japan
         NP10/Marianas/         Urabe,T/MEXT/                  0/NOAA/P
         Ring-of-Fire           tbd. 
19, 20
Three days to mobilize ROV and science.   Combined Embley & Urabe legs.  (Urabe
will be integrated into NOAA cruise time:  to be arranged by NOAA and MEXT
agency of Japan.)  In port joint de-mobe of two days.
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21, 22, 23, 24
25 APR  NP7/Japan/Kuroshio     Watts,DR/URI/      Yokohama    43/NSF/F
02 JUN  Current/KESS           OCE-0221008        Yokohama    Japan 
2 
Two KESS legs--first of 39 science days. (The second is shown as a separate
cruise of 15 science days.)  Vessel will depart on the morning of the 25th and
return to port, at 08:00 on the 2nd of June.  This will be the de-mobe day for
the first leg.
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3, 4
05 JUN  NP7/Japan/Kuroshio     Hogg,N/WHOI/       Yokohama    18/NSF/F
19 JUN  Current/KESS           OCE-0221008        Yokohama    Japan 
20 
Second KESS leg--15 days science days:  the Chief Scientist for this leg is
Nelson Hogg. Mobilization will take place on the 3rd and 4th of June. Vessel
will depart on the morning of the 5th and return to port on the 19th of June.
De-mobilization will take place on the 20th of June.
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21 JUN  NP7/Northern Pacific/  tbd/n/a/           Yokohama    8/NSF/F
06 JUL  Transit/ARGO           n/a                Seattle
         NP7/Northern Pacific/  none/n/a/                      8/NAVY/F
         Transit                n/a 
Re-position/transit from Japan (after Watts) to Seattle for the Navy's ARDENT
Program (Weingart.)   Arrival date is one day earlier due to Date Line
crossing, but length of transit remains the same.  (Vessel logistics and
bunkering will take place on the 21st, before departure.)
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14 JUL  NP9/Puget Sound/WA Coa McDuff,R/UW/       Seattle     5/STATE/F
18 JUL  st/Student Instruction 74-0369            Portland 
One day added to this cruise to allow for offshore station(s) en-route to
Columbia River.  M. Warner on-board Chief Scientist.
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19 JUL  NP9/North Pacific/     Weingart,J/        Portland    42/NAVY/F
29 AUG  Transit to PacNW       JHU/APL/tbd        Portland 
U.S. Navy project (through CNO Office.)    Total, with Mobe/De-Mobe = 42 days.
This involves other Navy platforms and timing is critical.
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30, 31, 1, 2
03 SEP  NP9/Puget Sound & JdF/ McDuff,R/UW/       Portland    14/STATE/F
16 SEP  Student Instruction    74-0369            Seattle     Canada
         NP9/Juan de Fuca/      Becker,K/Miami/                3/NSF/F
         IODP/CORK              OCE-0400471 
17
Student Instruction/ROV -- at Juan de Fuca.  (Transit from Portland on the
30th, and then ROPOS Mobe at Victoria, the 31st through 2nd, will be equitably
shared between the three legs utilizing the vehicle.  Total day count of 17
includes this share.) J. Delaney on-board Chief Scientist.  (End port changed
to Seattle--downtown pier--to accommodate fueling.)
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18
19 SEP  NP9/Juan de Fuca/      Embley,R/PMEL/     Seattle     17/NOAA/F
01 OCT  NeMO                   tbd                Newport     Canada 
2 
NeMO Cruise:  On board Chief Scientist will be Bill Chadwick. (ROPOS
Mobe/De-mobe at Victoria, will be equitably shared between the three legs
utilizing the vehicle.  The total day count of 17 includes this share.)  Origin
port changed to Seattle to accommodate fueling as per note above.  There will
also be intermediate stops at Newport for science logisitics.
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3
04 OCT  NP9/CA-OR-WA Coast/    Clarke,E/NWFSC/    Newport     16/NOAA/F
16 OCT  NMFS Advanced Technol. tbd                Seattle     Canada 
17, 18 
Fisheries Research:  ROV/AUV & Mapping.   ROPOS Mobe/De-mobe at Victoria, will
be equitably shared between the three legs utilizing the vehicle. NOAA
personnel will be disembarked at Port Angeles on 16th and the vessel will clear
across the Straits to Victoria. ROPOS will be de-mobed upon arrival, 10/17, and
the ship will re-position to home port, Seattle, on the 18th.  The total day
count, 16, includes the equal share of mobe/de-mobe and transit days.)
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22 OCT  NP9/Puget Sound/       McDuff,R/UW/       Seattle     22/STATE/F
12 NOV  Student Instruction    74-0369            Seattle 
EM-300 Mapping and other collections.
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30 NOV  NP9/Puget Sound/       McDuff,R/UW/       Seattle     4/STATE/F
03 DEC  Student Instruction    74-0369            Seattle 
PRISM stations.  Dates moved to first week of December:  vessel will stand down
for inactive maintenance period afterward.
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Agency                    Funded            Proposed               TOTAL
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  NAVY                      50.0                 0.0                50.0
  NOAA                      85.0                 0.0                85.0
  NSF                      131.0                 0.0               131.0
  STATE                     45.0                 0.0                45.0
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  TOTAL                    311.0                 0.0               311.0
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