{"id":21347,"date":"2025-12-05T19:02:58","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T19:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/?p=21347"},"modified":"2025-12-05T19:02:58","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T19:02:58","slug":"noaa-holds-keel-laying-ceremony-for-second-new-charting-mapping-vessel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/?p=21347","title":{"rendered":"NOAA Holds Keel-Laying Ceremony For Second New Charting & Mapping Vessel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
NOAA Holds Keel-Laying Ceremony For Second New Charting & Mapping Vessel<\/div>\n

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NOAA has officially begun construction of Navigator, its second new charting and mapping vessel, after holding a traditional keel-laying ceremony in Houma, Louisiana.<\/p>\n

The ship is being built by Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors as part of NOAA\u2019s effort to modernise its fleet for safer and more accurate ocean mapping.<\/p>\n

The keel-laying, a long-standing maritime tradition, symbolises the formal start of a ship\u2019s construction. During the ceremony, the initials of the ship\u2019s sponsor, retired NOAA Corps Rear Adm. Evelyn Fields, were welded onto a steel plate that will be built into the vessel as construction progresses.<\/p>\n

NOAA administrator Neil Jacobs said through an official release that the agency considers platforms such as Navigator essential for improving environmental understanding and forecasting.<\/p>\n

He also highlighted that NOAA remains committed to supporting the U.S. shipbuilding sector and looks forward to integrating advancing technologies, including uncrewed systems, into the new vessel.<\/p>\n

The two new charting and mapping ships, Surveyor and Navigator, were first announced in 2023. According to NOAA, Surveyor is expected to be completed in 2027 and Navigator in 2028.<\/p>\n

Both ships will support NOAA\u2019s mission to provide accurate nautical charts and ocean mapping data for mariners transporting the $2.3 trillion worth of cargo that moves through U.S. ports and harbours each year.<\/p>\n

Rear Adm. Chad Cary, director of the NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps and NOAA Marine and Aviation Operations, said that mariners operating in U.S. waters depend heavily on NOAA charts.<\/p>\n

He added that the upcoming state-of-the-art ships will allow the agency to continue meeting navigation needs in both established waters and developing regions such as the Arctic for many years ahead.<\/p>\n

Reference: NOAA<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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NOAA Holds Keel-Laying Ceremony For Second New Charting & Mapping Vessel Image Credits: NOAA NOAA has officially begun construction of Navigator, its second new charting and mapping vessel, after holding a traditional keel-laying ceremony in Houma, Louisiana. The ship is being built by Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors as part of NOAA\u2019s effort to modernise its fleet […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194,196],"tags":[197],"class_list":["post-21347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marine-insight","category-shipping-news","tag-marine-insight"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21347"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21347\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}