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OAS platform Detail for Caretta
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platforms_id: 11661
Title:
Name: Caretta
ICES Code: 33Y4
Callsign: WNG615
Countries: UNITED STATES
Comments: Updated information from ICES for the vessel CARETTA from US: UNITED STATES.

Name : CARETTA
Country(s) : US: UNITED STATES (ISO Country Code)
Platform Class : 31: Research vessel
Current Length : 17.7
Built : 1978
WOD Code: 10123
Notes : NOAA small boat operated by National Marine Fisheries Service. WOD data from 2003.

Information Sources:
- http://www.sbp.noaa.gov/inventory/
- http://www.sbp.noaa.gov/inventory/docs/III_SRV_Quick_Sheet.pdf
- http://www.sefsc.noaa.gov/labs/mississippi/fishinggear.htm
- http://boatdb.net/port/pascagoula-ms_2.htm
- http://boatdb.net/boat/caretta-594578.htm
- https://www.omao.noaa.gov/find/media/articles/2017-05-11/noaa-small-boat-safety-board-teleconference-minutes-12-april-2017

General Comments:
- F5801 is not the pennant. An ID of some sort. See https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/docucomp/14342d00-5abd-11e4-8ed6-0800200c9a66.guide
- http://boatdb.net/port/pascagoula-ms_2.htm gives 1978 as build year for NOAA's Caretta
Caretta has been found with two call signs: WYA 3179 and WNG 615. Confirmation needed.
- 594578 is on the hull of the Caretta


Confirmed by NOAA on 2018-08-31 (FY2018).
Submitted to ICES 2015-03-02.
Deprecated: false
Metadata version: 4
Keydate: 2011-06-14 15:57:11+00
Editdate: 2018-08-31 14:11:45+00