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NOAA Research Vessel Tour

  • Start date: 04/18/2019

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 04/18/2019

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

Meet at the NOAA facility in South Beach, Newport, at 10:00 A.M. sharp. Take I-5 to the Corvallis exit, #20 to Newport; turn south on #101; cross the bridge to South Beach
Park near NOAA or Hatfield OSU campus. Restrooms at NOAA
I will meet you outside the entrance Kiosk at NOAA in Newport
Meet at Shopko at 7:15 to arrange carpooling
Optional lunch in Nye Beach
Leader's ph# 541-514-4110

  • Event Leader: Evelyn Nagy

  • Event Leader Phone: 541-514-4110

  • Event Leader Email: evelyn8254@hotmail.com

  • Assistant Leader:

  • Event category: Trips

  • Area Type:

  • Departure Location: See Trip Description

  • Rating: Easy

  • Roundtrip total drive miles: 190

  • Season: 2019

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: Please be prepared for coastal spring weather with rain gear, umbrella and rainproof foot wear. We will be walking from parking areas to NOAA building(s) and vessel(s). We will be ascending/descending steep ladders on board.

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance:

  • Member Fees: 1

  • Elevation Gain:

  • Non-Member Fees: 5

  • Committee: Trips

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

Everybody arrived early on their journey from Eugene to Newport so that we could all meet our tour guide Tim Sinquefield promptly at ten o’clock. He immediately took us to the bridge of the NOAA research vessel where he answered our questions. Then we had a mini tour of other parts of the NOAA research vessel while it undergoes repairs. This Newport-based NOAA vessel, the Bell M. Shimada, was named after a Japanese American who had been interned during WWII because of his Japanese heritage. He eventually made his way to become a translator for the U.S. and served with distinction and loyalty. After the tour we had lunch in Newport’s Nye Beach District. We were rewarded with sunshine and blue skies in a week of rainy weather.