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EX1201: Ship Shakedown and Patch Tests on NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer between 20100214 and 20120223

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Metadata Last Checked: December 19, 2025 | Last Modified: 2012-04-01T00:00:00.000+00:00
EX1201 is the 2012 shakedown mission of NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer (EX) and will perform system patch tests of the vessel’s Kongsberg EM302 multibeam sonar. EX1201 operations are expected to commence on February 14, 2012 at Davisville, RI and conclude on February 23, 2012 at Charleston, SC. The planned transit line is 1,139 nautical miles and is expected to take 5.3 days at an average speed of 9 knots. Multibeam mapping operations will be conducted 24 hours a day during the transit, including regular XBT casts.

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