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• Report on the construction and outfit of the U.S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross (G.P.O., 1885), by Z. L. Tanner and United States Fish Commission (page images at HathiTrust)

• Strategies for Obtaining Ship Services: Alternatives for NOAA, by National Research Council Committee on Alternative Strategies for Obtaining Ship Services (page images with commentary at NAP)
• NOAA's ocean fleet modernization study : Phase 1: mission requirements (The Office, 1990), by United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Office of the Chief Scientist (page images at HathiTrust)
• NOAA's ocean fleet modernization study : Phase 3 : long-term strategy. (U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of the Chief Scientist, 1990), by United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Office of the Chief Scientist (page images at HathiTrust)
• NOAA's ocean fleet modernization study : highlights of Phases I-III. (U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of the Chief Scientist, 1991), by United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Office of the Chief Scientist (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report on the construction and outfit of the U.S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross (G.P.O., 1885), by Z. L. Tanner and United States Fish Commission (page images at HathiTrust)

• Fisheries Survey Vessel Authorization Act of 1999 : report (to accompany H.R. 2181). (U.S. G.P.O., 1999), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Resources (page images at HathiTrust)

• Strategies for Obtaining Ship Services: Alternatives for NOAA, by National Research Council Committee on Alternative Strategies for Obtaining Ship Services (page images with commentary at NAP)
• NOAA's ocean fleet modernization study : Phase 3 : long-term strategy. (U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of the Chief Scientist, 1990), by United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Office of the Chief Scientist (page images at HathiTrust)
• NOAA's ocean fleet modernization study : highlights of Phases I-III. (U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of the Chief Scientist, 1991), by United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Office of the Chief Scientist (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ships of the NOAA fleet (U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of NOAA Corps Operations, 1989) (page images at HathiTrust)
• At your service : the research and survey fleet of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (U.S. Dept.of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, 1986), by United States. National Ocean Service. External Affairs Staff (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ocean research fleet : NOAA needs to plan for long-term fleet requirements : report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Oceanography and the Great Lakes, Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, House of Representatives (The Office, 1989), by United States General Accounting Office and United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on Oceanography and the Great Lakes (page images at HathiTrust)
• NOAA ships and aircraft serving the nation. (U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of NOAA Corps Operations, 1995), by United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and United States. Office of NOAA Corps Operations (page images at HathiTrust)
• The state of ocean and marine science : hearing before the Subcommittee on Basic Research and Subcommittee on Energy & Environment of the Committee on Science, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixth Congress, second session, July 27, 2000. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2001), by United States House Subcommittee on Basic Research and United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science. Subcommittee on Energy and Environment (page images at HathiTrust)
• NR 1 submarine (Dept. of the Navy, Sea Systems Command, in the 1990s), by United States. Naval Sea Systems Command (page images at HathiTrust)
• Federal oceanographic fleet : hearing before the Subcommittee on Oceanography of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, House of Representatives, Ninety-ninth Congress, second session, on the role oceanographic research and our oceanographic fleet capabilities are playing in meeting the needs of today and identifying those of the future, and how well we are coordinating our efforts, June 24, 1986. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1986), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on Oceanography (page images at HathiTrust)

• NR 1 submarine (Dept. of the Navy, Sea Systems Command, in the 1990s), by United States. Naval Sea Systems Command (page images at HathiTrust)

• Opportunities for management reforms at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration : hearing before the Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, Restructuring, and the District of Columbia of the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Fifth Congress, first session, April 24, 1997. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1997), by Restructuring United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management (page images at HathiTrust)

• The academic research fleet : a report to the Assistant Director for Geosciences ([National Science Foundation], 1999), by National Science Foundation (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Geographical index to collecting stations of the exploratory fishing vessels Oregon, Silver Bay, Combat, and Pelican, 1950-65 (U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, 1967), by Frederick Henry Berry and Shelby Drummond (page images at HathiTrust)

• Oceanography vessels of the world; a joint publication of IGY World Data Center A for Oceanography and the National Oceanographic Data Center. (Printed by U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office, 1961), by IGY World Data Center A--Oceanography, Luis R. A. Capurro, and National Oceanographic Data Center (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Oceanographic ships, fore and aft ([For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1971), by Stewart B. Nelson and United States. Office of the Oceanographer of the Navy (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Preliminary assessment of the ocean survey ship-building program of the Coast and Geodetic Survey ([Silver Spring, Md.], 1963), by Operations Research Incorporated, Harold Nisselson, and U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (page images at HathiTrust)
• Three cruises of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey Steamer "Blake" in the Gulf of Mexico, in the Caribbean Sea, and along the Atlantic coast of the United States, from 1877 to 1880. (Houghton Mifflin, 1888), by Alexander Agassiz, Blake (Steamer), and U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (page images at HathiTrust)
• Oceanography: ships of opportunity. Hearing, Eighty-ninth Congress, first session. January 22, 1965 (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1965), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on Oceanography (page images at HathiTrust)
• Oceanographic vessels in the United States (The Office, 1953), by United States. Office of Naval Research (page images at HathiTrust)
• A proposal for the assignment and operation of the deep ocean research ship AGOR 24 or 25 : submitted to Office of the Chief of Naval Research (1991), by Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Robert A Knox (page images at HathiTrust)
• Summary of the proceedings of the workshop at Airlie, Virginia on Perspectives for Ocean Exploration and Survey Systems 1975-1985 (, 1972), by Va.) Perspectives for Ocean Exploration and Surveying Systems 1975-1985 (1972 : Airlie and National Academy of Engineering. Marine Board (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Research fleet : the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (National Science Foundation, 1983), by Vicky Cullen, University National Oceanographic Laboratory Systems, and National Science Foundation (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Economies obtainable by increasing days at sea of oceanographic research and survey ships; report to the Congress [on the] Environmental Science Services Administration, Department of Commerce ([Washington], 1970), by United States General Accounting Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Floating laboratory for study of aquatic organisms and their environment (U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Marine Fisheries Service, 1971), by George R Snyder (page images at HathiTrust)
• Research vessels of the National Marine Fisheries Service (National Marine Fisheries Service: for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1971), by Robert S Wolf and United States. National Marine Fisheries Service (page images at HathiTrust)
• Summary of oceanographic data collected by U.S. cruises in the CINECA area : with supplementary charts showing geographic locations of physical/chemical data archived at U.S. National Oceanographic Data Center (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Environmental Data Service, 1978), by National Oceanographic Data Center (U.S.) and Cooperative Investigations of the Northern Part of the Eastern Central Atlantic (page images at HathiTrust)
• Welcome aboard! : NOAA ship Oceanographer. (Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 1980), by United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Biological collections of the R.I.M.S. "Investigator" : list of stations, 1884-1913. (Printed by order of the Trustees of the Indian Museum, 1914), by Indian Museum and Investigator (Ship) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Chronological list of the officers conducting British maritime discoveries and surveys : together with the names of the vessels employed from the earlier times until 1900 (London : Printed for Her Majesty's stationery office by Eyre and Spottiswoode, printers to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, 1900, 1900), by Thomas Henry Tizard and Eyre & Spottiswoode (page images at HathiTrust)
• Oceanographic ships, fore and aft (Office of the Oceanographer of the Navy :, 1983), by Stewart B. Nelson and United States. Navy Department. Office of the Oceanographer of the Navy (page images at HathiTrust)
• The academic research fleet : a report to the Assistant Director for Geosciences ([National Science Foundation], 1999), by National Science Foundation (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Atlantic Marine Center serves NOAA's Atlantic fleet. (U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, 1986), by United States National Ocean Service (page images at HathiTrust)

• National oceanographic fleet platform characteristics : Navy -UNOLS - NOAA - university - USCG - federal (Naval Oceanographic Office, 1995), by United States. Naval Oceanographic Office (page images at HathiTrust)

• R/V Melville handbook, 1983 (Scripps Institution of Oceanography], 1983), by Scripps Institution of Oceanography (page images at HathiTrust)
• Chief scientist's manual (University of California, San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 1982), by Scripps Institution of Oceanography (page images at HathiTrust)

• Need for improving management of U.S. oceanographic assets : report (U.S. General Accounting Office, 1978), by United States General Accounting Office (page images at HathiTrust)

• Conveyance of NOAA vessel Whiting : report (to accompany H.R. 4158) (including cost estimate to the Congressional Budget Office). (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2004), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Resources (page images at HathiTrust)

• Preliminary results of Little Window 2 : a satellite ocean station experiment in the Gulf of California (Naval Oceanographic Office, 1974), by Paul E La Violette and Md.) Little Window 2 Workshop ; (1972 : Suitland (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fishes and associated environmental data collected in New York Bight, June 1974-June 1975 (Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, 1977), by Stuart J. Wilk and United States. National Marine Fisheries Service (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Pacific Marine Center serves NOAA's Pacific fleet (U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, 1986), by United States National Ocean Service (page images at HathiTrust)

• Oceanographic ship operating schedules (The Command, in the 1960s), by United States. Office of the Oceanographer of the Navy, Education United States. Committee on Marine Research, Federal Council for Science and Technology (U.S.). Committee on Oceanography, University National Oceanographic Laboratory Systems, and United States. Naval Oceanography Command (page images at HathiTrust)
• News (The Office, 1990), by United States. Naval Oceanography Command, United States. Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command, and United States. Naval Oceanographic Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• National oceanographic fleet operating schedules for ... (The Office, 1983), by United States. Naval Oceanography Command and United States. Naval Oceanographic Office (page images at HathiTrust)

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