Office of Coast Survey

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NRB 2013 Debrief for BOHLT Michael C. Davidson

Chief, Navigation Response Branch

Rapid Maritime Response

NRT6

NRT1

NRT2

NRT5

Galveston TX

Panama City FL

Jacksonville FL

USCG RDCNew London CT

NOS Navigation Response Teams

MIST 1 and AUVSilver Spring MD

Bay Hydro IISolomons MD

MIST 2DRC – Mobile AL

NRT4

San Francisco CA

NRT3 – Temporarily offlineNewport OR

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Office of Coast Survey

Basic Stats

• Metrics MTS Ports surveyed – 11/13• Survey Project Instructions Issued – 17• Survey Projects Submitted – 12• Response Surveys Conducted – 12• DTONs submitted – 23?• Days of Operations - 268

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NRT1 – Northern/Eastern GOM Region• J910-NRT1-13 Panama City, FL

– H12357 13 SNM - Completed– H12358 9 SNM – 82%– H12376 3 SNM – 15%

• Decommissioned TSWIG – Recommissioned old NRT4 boat.

• CARIS/HSTP on Edgetech 4125 integration• Received new office trailer• PS Froelich and ERT Mueller visits

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NRT2 – SE Atlantic Region• S-G902-NRT2-13 St Augustine, FL

– F00629 3 SNM - Submitted

• S-G901-NRT2-13 St Johns River, FL– H12407 3 SNM – Submitted

– H12408 3 SNM – Submitted

• S-H918-NRT2-13 Ft Pierce, FL response– F00634 1 SNM – Submitted

• S-G929-NRT2-13 Mathews Bridge (Jax, FL)– D00188 1 SNM – Submitted

• S-H902-NRT2-14 Miami– F00640 – 1 SNM – Submitted *

• PS Herzog and PS Argento visits

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NRT3 – Pacific NW Region• Warm lay-up status for 2013 season due to

staffing and budget challenges• Vessel located on MOC-P facility• Office trailer to be relocated to DRC, Mobile, AL.• Vehicles to be dispersed to other NRTs to

replace ageing vehicles (F350 will stay w/ boat)• May staff up as early as Q4 2014, but FY15

more likely

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NRT4 – Great Lakes/Western Gulf• K414-NRT4-13 – Galveston Bay, TX

– H12388 10 SNM – Complete– H12391 2 SNM – Complete

• Responded to Sunken Barge, MS River over 4th of July Weekend

• Integrated POS/MV Ver5

• 2 Personnel new to the team in 2013

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NRT5 – NE Region (USCG RDC- New London CT)• S-B903-NRT5-13 – New London CT

– D00177 1 SNM - Completed

• S-B906-NRT5-13 – Liberty/Ellis Islands– F00630 1 SNM - Submitted

• S-B917-NRT5-13 – Sandy Hook/USCG ANT NY– D00178 1 SNM – Complete– D00179 1 SNM – Complete– D00180 1 SNM – Complete– D00181 1 SNM - Complete

• B370-NRT5-13 – E Long Island Sound– H12508 8 SNM – Complete

• F00598, F00619, F00620, F00623 prior backlog nearing completion

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NRT6• L430-NRT6-13 San Francisco

– H12227 12 SNM – 15%

• S-L919-NRT6-13 Fernstream– D00182 1SNM - Submitted

• S-L922-NRT6-13 San Francisco Anchorage 9– D00183 1 SNM - Submitted

• S-L926-NRT6-13 Mare Island, San Fran – D00186 1SNM - Submitted

• S-L927-NRT6-13 San Fran Pier 1– F00635 1 SNM – Submitted

• S-L925_NRT6-14 Carquinez Strait– Recon led to a LNM broadcast and subsequent full survey request

• MBES TPU failed – using NRT3’s

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R/V Bay Hydro II• E349-BH2-13 Central Chesapeake Bay

– H12305 19 SNM – squared off at about 40%

• E924-BH2-13 Southern Chesapeake Bay– D00187 11 SNM – Complete

– BathyRadar ground truth survey and CBBT tunnel inspection

• Kongsberg EM2040 Integration and Testing

• Novatel GPS testing

• MAST

• Other HSTP related testing

• PS Powdrell visit

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ERT Contractor

Current vacancies awaiting OCS realignment

ZT-4 will convert to ZP-3 when ZT-4 retires

Hiring Cert received - positions not affected by OCS realignment

NRB Staffing Plan

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NRB Vessel Recapitalization Plan

• USCG 25’ RB-S #25426 from GSAXcess

• Contract with CDI Marine for engineering support and modification design

• $500K for new vessel construction – April 4 procurement deadline– Market research and SOW ongoing– Committed to 1 new vessel in FY 14 (Goal = 2)

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NRT Mobile Asset Status Tracker• Utilizing 4G LTE wireless broadband

• Desired sensor data tx ashore in real-time

• ESRI GeoEvent Processor– Automate metrics tracking (geofencing)

– Dynamic floatplan with automated alerts

– Common Operating Picture through ESRI Dashboard

• Capability for Raw survey data transmit ashore for Near-time processing