Naval Oceanographic Office

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The Naval Oceanographic Office is a U.S. Navy organization responsible for collecting, analyzing, and distributing oceanographic and hydrographic data to support naval operations and maritime navigation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Navy organization
military organization
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dataDistributedTo U.S. Navy NERFINISHED
other U.S. Department of Defense components
dataDistributedTo selected domestic and international partners
employs civilian scientists
engineers
hydrographers
military personnel
oceanographers
fieldOfWork acoustics
bathymetry
geophysics
hydrography
marine cartography
navigation safety
oceanography
formerName Depot of Charts and Instruments NERFINISHED
U.S. Naval Observatory (as chart and instrument depot component) NERFINISHED
hasAbbreviation NAVOCEANO NERFINISHED
headquartersLocation Stennis Space Center, Mississippi NERFINISHED
inception 1830
industry defense
jurisdiction global oceans
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Mississippi NERFINISHED
locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone
missionStatement Collect, analyze, and distribute oceanographic and hydrographic data to support naval operations and maritime navigation
operatedBy United States Navy
operates NAVOCEANO Major Shared Resource Center (MSRC) NERFINISHED
T-AGS oceanographic survey ships
global oceanographic databases
ownedBy United States government
parentOrganization United States Navy NERFINISHED
partOf Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command NERFINISHED
primaryTask environmental prediction support for fleet operations
hydrographic surveying
management of oceanographic databases
ocean modeling and analysis
oceanographic data collection
production of nautical charts
renamedAs Naval Oceanographic Office NERFINISHED
renamedIn 1866
serviceProvided amphibious operations environmental support
anti-submarine warfare environmental support
fleet planning and routing support
maritime navigation support
mine warfare environmental support
subordinateTo Chief of Naval Operations NERFINISHED
uses autonomous underwater vehicles
oceanographic buoys and floats
satellite remote sensing data
survey ships
unmanned surface vehicles

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United States Hydrographic Office successor Naval Oceanographic Office