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OAS platform Detail for Dr. Bernardo Houssay
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platforms_id: 12491
Title:
Name: Dr. Bernardo Houssay
ICES Code: 08AH
Callsign: L2EF
Countries: ARGENTINA
Comments: Updated information from ICES for the vessel DR. BERNARDO HOUSSAY from ARGENTINA(AR).

Name : DR. BERNARDO HOUSSAY
Country(s) : ARGENTINA(AR) (ISO Country Code)
Platform Class : 31 Research vessel
Call Sign : L2EF
MMSI: 701006249
Commissioned Date : 2012
Current Length : 47
Built : 1931
Previous Name (Notes): EL AUSTRAL
Notes : Oceanographic motorsailer. It was built between 1929 and 1930 in Denmark as Atlantis. Served as the first and also the main research vessel for the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 1931-1964. Sold to Argentina and renamed El Austral in 1966. She was entirely rebuilt and designed. Commissioned as an oceanographic research vessel in the Argentine Naval Prefecture as the Dr. Bernardo A. Houssay in 2012.

Information Sources:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RV_Atlantis
- http://www.prefecturanaval.gov.ar/noticias/gacetillas_ing.php?numero=11209
- http://www.prefecturanaval.gov.ar/noticias/gacetillas_ing.php?numero=08714
- http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/details/ships/shipid:771454/mmsi:701006249/imo:0/vessel:DR_BERNARDO_HOUSSAY

Confirmed by NOAA on 2015-09-01.
Submitted to ICES 2015-05-06
Deprecated: false
Metadata version: 2
Keydate: 2015-05-06 20:13:15+00
Editdate: 2015-09-01 21:13:56+00