Technical Tour of legendary 172' ex-NOAA Research ship

Sadly, this vessel went to scrappers. U.S. - BUILT FOR U.S. Navy and NOAA, MNG Flattery is one of the finest ocean-going research ships in the world. The US Government built these ship's to the highest possible standards. ex NOAA David Starr Jordan, has been a work horse for NOAA and science. So far she has spent an estimated 8,949 days at sea and sailed more than 1.3 million miles. Researchers aboard the vessel measured and weighed 1,000 sea turtles, took 27,000 photographs using remotely operated vehicles (ROVS), and conducted 27,000 oceanographic sampling casts, 22,000 plankton tows and 4,700 fish trawls. The ship has participated in expeditions extending from ALASKA to Peru and the Galapagos Islands. Recently Ocean Starr was chartered to a private non­profit studying the Pacific gyre (floating plastic), base­lining and recording this danger to our oceans. OCEAN STARR should be seriously considered by the hard core adventurists. Commercial vessels must navigate in all seas, in all weather conditions, year-round. They require proven systems with onboard redundancies in order to stay at sea and complete their mission. The most capable Expedition Yachts and Yacht Support Vessels are based on commercial hulls built by commercial shipyards. More info at XplorerYachts.com