Ship's hull number.
The Doppler radar and some cumulus clouds.
The R/V RON BROWN, with profilers on the deck and the radar mounted at
the top.
The R/V RON BROWN, showing its starboard side. The boat launch is the
hinge-like yellow lift in the center of the picture. The pilothouse juts
off to the right at the top.
A view of the ship looking at the bow, before the shakedown cruise. The Doppler radar is at the top, with the dome over it.
The NOAA Ship RONALD H. BROWN preparing for a shakedown cruise and ultimately the TEPPS project.
A street scene in Norfolk, Virginia, where the R/V RON BROWN will
conduct its scientific shakedown cruise, a time where the technical
bugs are worked out to insure that when the work begins, the instruments
will run smoothly. At the end of the block is R/V MALCOLM BALDRIDGE.
NOAA dock in Norfolk.