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  Schedule Information  
Ship: Neil Armstrong Schedule Status: Final Schedule ID: 14047
Schedule Year: 2019 Schedule Name: Version 11
Notes: 11/25: McRaven Inst. Cruise shortened by 1 day d/t weather. The 1 day will be added to the deadhead transit from drydock to finsig the MB Calibration for EM122.
11/8: OTZ cruise deferred to 2020 d/t severe weather
10/24: Correcting date for Keigwin's early arrival d/t adverse weather (6th instead of the 9th)
10/10: Armstrong arrives in 5 days earlier d/t adverse weather. Alongside 10-12th
8/26: Armstrong arrives a day early from Irminger, still billing OOI for original cruise duration (demobe)
7/25: T.Shank needs to go btw Sept 11-15th d/t Natgeo staff schedule
7/8: Put Calibration on last cruise ? (TBD), Tim Sept 13-17th, pause at WHOI, Added OTZ then Combo Cruise
5/17: Corrected the Niskin demobe/ mobe between legs.
5/13: Late arrival/ departure, into/ out of Reykjavik, icebergs & bad wx
4/19: Early arrival d/t bad wx at Pioneer
12/14: Removed 6 day stand alone calibration cruise & Added 2 days calibration on WHOI Inst. Days. Lost 4 days overall for the year
10/15: Shift Calibration cruise to WHOI Inst. Day cruise slot to allow for BBC time at WHOI w/ vessel in March 2019. Shifted those 6 Inst. Cruise days to Nov...may combine the 2 cruises in Nov. (TBD)?
9/4: Mackinnon asks to depart ~week earlier, move MBCal before Pioneer & Mackinnon/ remainder of the year to the left a week.
8/30: Added 2 days to spring/ fall pioneer cruises & removed 2 days from Irminger's mobe/demobe as per ooi email 8/29/18.
8/2: Mak Saito decides his Protiens cruise w/ Clio is better in April/ May- no can do (-18 days) on Armstrong, thus dropping the 5 day Bates cruise (-8 days).
7/23: Add 1 more standby day at WHOI & +1 day to transit up to Reykj.
7/16: WHOI Inst cruise only 10 days as per Rob (was 19)
6/12: Add SSSG STR for Multibeam calibrations- 1 day
5/21: Calypso on NATO Alliance & Bates Hydro on Endeavor
2/22: 15 day cruise WHOI Inst. Days
***Remember to schedule WHOI institutional days***
Hodgekiss "W" (-22 days)
? Chave, McGillicuddy 2, Fall Pioneer on Atlantis?
1/26: Bartholomaus/ CA or EU Ice "Familiar" vessel in Greenland WC (26 days)
1/24: Send "W" (-20 days)
1/10: Sievert "W" (-21 days)
12/6/17: Email Mulholland not funded (-26 days).
Removed Moyer in Guam (-27 days)...Too far.
Put Babin in Manz on Atlantis (in the area). (-42 days).
3/31/17: McGillicuddy 2018 July cruise deferred to 2019 to allow for N.Atlantic ops.
  Cruise Information  
Ship Request Information
Operator Cruise ID: AR36
Chief Scientist: Lloyd D. Keigwin, WHOI
Activity Type: At Sea for Science
Created By: Kerry Strom
Compare Request:
Project Short Title: Armstrong coring SVC
Requested Year: 2019
Requested Ship: Neil Armstrong  
Request Type: Primary  
Created By: Lloyd D. Keigwin  
Load Non-charge Days: 0
Load Charge Days: 2   Load Date: 8/31/2019
Activity Days: 3 Adjustment Days Start Date: 9/2/2019
Transit Days: 2 0 End Date: 9/6/2019
Unload Charge Days: 4   Unload Date: 9/10/2019
Unload Non-charge Days: 0
Mob Days: 1  
Science Days: 3 Optimum Start Date: 9/1/2019
Transit Estimate: 5 Earliest Start Date: 9/1/2019
Demob Days: 1 Latest Start Date: 9/15/2019
Repeating Cruise: No Dates To Avoid: My understanding is that there may be an availability in early Sept. 2019. However, we could have an SVC anytime so long as weather is likely to be good.
Number of Repeating Cruises: 0 Repeating Interval:
Repeating Cruise Comments:
Justification/Comments:
PI   Project/Purpose   Agency   Funding Status   Op Days
Lloyd D. Keigwin, WHOI   Armstrong coring SVC   NAVY/ONR   Funded   11
Lloyd D. Keigwin, WHOI   Armstrong coring SVC   NSF/OCE/MGG   Funded   0
  Start Port: Woods Hole, MA, USA
  End Port: Woods Hole, MA, USA
Requested Start Port: None
Intermediate Port(s): None
Requested End Port: None
Port Comments:
  Lat/Long Marsden Grid Navy Op Area
Beginning
0° N / 0° E map
335 map
SA02 map
Ending
0° N / 0° E map
335 map
SA02 map
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Op Area Description: ENAM
  Lat/Long Marsden Grid Navy Op Area
Beginning
Ending
 
Op Area Description: sargasso sea
Coastal States Requiring Clearance: NONE(A), US EEZ(A)
Foreign Clearance Required: No
Foreign Clearance Comments:
Ancil Facilities:
Instrumentation Requested: Dynamic Positioning
ADCP
Dredging/Coring/Large Dia. Trawl Wire
Radioisotope use - briefly describe
Instrumentation Comments: Radioisotope use will be the Cs-137 source for gamma ray attenuation measurement in the core logger.

Synthetic rope will be used instead of 9/16" trawl wire
Ancil Facilities Requested: Jumbo Piston Coring
Large Gravity Core
Ancil Facility Comments:
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