COMMISSIONED
OFFICERS
The officers are women and men responsible for
safely operating the research vessel. They are trained
in ship handling, navigation, weather observation,
safety, and shipboard emergencies. The Captain, or
Commanding Officer (CO) is in command of the ship. The
Executive Officer (XO) handles the administrative
functions of the ship, hires and/or dismisses
employees, supervises all department heads (with the
exception of the Chief Marine Engineer), and acts as
the ships safety officer. The Field Operations Officer
(FOO) handles logistics with scientific parties, making
sure scientific activities can be performed aboard the
ship and that all science equipment is onboard. The
Navigation Officer (NAV) is in charge of navigation
equipment, nautical charts and publications,
meteorological data, and maintaining the overall
condition of the bridge. The Medical Officer is
responsible for the general health of everyone on the
ship. All the NOAA Corps officers stand watches on the
bridge.
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CDR Mark
Pickett
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LT
Richard Hester
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ENS Paul
Chamberlain
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ENS
Phoebe Woodworth
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ENS
Benjamin LaCour
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DECK
DEPARTMENT
The deck department operates the many cranes and
winches which load everything required for a cruise,
from food stores to scientific gear. They are
responsible for the rigging and deployment of
scientific equipment such as surface and subsurface
moorings. They operate and man the work and rescue
boats.
ENGINE
DEPARTMENT
The engineers are responsible for the highest
light on the main mast to the lowest pump in the bilge,
and everything mechanical in between. In short, they
keep the ship running smoothly.
ELECTRONICS DEPARTMENT
The ship's Electronics Department is staffed by
rotating Electronics Technicians (ET's) from the Marine
Operation Center's, Mission Support Division (MOP3).
There is one ET aboard during each cruise. They are
responsible for all electronic equipment, including
navigation systems, network system, and communications
including e-mail.
SURVEY
DEPARTMENT
The chief survey technician is responsible
for:
- Operation and
maintenance of the NOAA fleet-standard Scientific
Computing System (SCS).
- Operation and
maintenance of the suite of permanently installed
meteorological and oceanographic
sensors.
- Configuration
of custom logging files of individual ship's sensor
sets to support project needs.
- Provision of
full and custom data sets to scientific complement
at conclusion of cruises.
- Maintenance of
files on ship's sensor calibration
records.
- Routine ship's
sensor maintenance tasks.
- Training and
assistance on operation of ship's upper-sir
sounding system, autosals, CTD system, Seabeam,
Bathy2000, shipboard computer network and other
specialized shipboard systems.
- Photographer
for daily real-time update
STEWARD DEPARTMENT
The stewards cook three delicious meals each
day, starting with eggs-to-order at breakfast and
ending with anything from Thai curry chicken to prime
rib and baked potato. They also maintain the ship's
laundry and make sure everyone gets clean sheets and
towels.
| CS Don
Highsmith |
2nd Cook
Carrie Mortell |
*indicates
personnel not presently onboard the Ka'imimoana (on
leave or transferred)
