2005-023-FA (CMHRP activity #1967)

Field Activity 2005-023-FA

Identifier

2005-023-FA

Purpose

Dive for remains of collapsed mooring 787. Inspect tripod 786 and mooring 788 to determine their status after the northeast storm of 5/25/05.

Location

Massachusetts Bay, Massachusetts, United States, North America, North Atlantic,

Summary

Bottom instruments (seacat, VMCM and Honjo) of mooring 787 successfully recovered. Divers report tripod is upright. Subsurface mooring 788 releases report that the mooring is upright.

Info derived

Time series data;

Comments

Project = Massachuestts Bay Long-Term, Massachuestts Bay Long-Term

URL

http://soundwaves.usgs.gov/2008/07/awards.html

Platform

Looney

Length 46 feet; beam 16 feet; draft 5 feet.

Itinerary

Start	Boston, MA	2005-06-02
End	Boston, MA	2005-06-03
Days in the field	2

Bounds

West	-71.166
East	-70.666
North	42.4
South	42.33

Personnel

Organization

USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center(WHCMSC)

384 Woods Hole Road

Quissett Campus

Woods Hole, MA02543-1598

(508) 548-8700

Principal investigators

Jonathan Borden

Crew members

Richard R Rendigs	Scientist, Staff
Michael Casso	Scientist, Staff
Dann S Blackwood	Scientist, Staff
Jonathan Borden	Scientist, Staff
Ruane, Stephen	Scientist, Staff

Information specialist(s)

Frances L Lightsom

Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category:	Imagery, Location-Elevation, Time Series
Data type:	Photo, Navigation, Mooring (physical oceanography)

Moorings

RCV: 787; DEP:;

Equipment used

Equipment	Data types	Datasets
Digital camera	Photo	1
DGPS	Navigation	(no data reported)
Bottom platform	Mooring (physical oceanography)	1

Datasets

Datasets produced in this activity

Dataset name	Equipment	Description	Dataset contact
2005-023-FA-PH-001	Digital camera	Deck photos of field activity operations	Dann S Blackwood
2005-023-FA-OM-001	Bottom platform	Western Mass Bay mooring data	Ellyn Montgomery