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OAS platform Detail for Explorer
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platforms_id: 1556
Title: USCGS
Name: Explorer
ICES Code: 31EX
Callsign:
Countries: UNITED STATES
Comments: The second USC&GS Explorer (OSS 28) was a survey ship that served in the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey from 1940 to 1968. She operated in the Pacific Ocean from 1940 to 1960, seeing service there during World War II, and in the Atlantic Ocean from 1960 to 1968. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USC%26GS_Explorer_(OSS_28)]
Deprecated: false
Metadata version: 6
Keydate: 2003-03-25 00:00:00+00
Editdate: 2022-07-01 19:02:04+00