My Last Trip

[thog94]

As most of you know, I go out to sea so I'm not on the boards all of the time. The last trip I made was a month long and we did a ROV survey during the day and Long Line survey durin the night. We started at Morehead City, NC and worked down south to Vero Beach, FL. Here are some pics of what we did starting with the ROV and pics it took. Enjoy.

The pics are prety big, the scientist took them and I don't have time to resize them.

[thog94]

Some ROV pics

[Jas]

my aunt lives in FT Pierce near Vero

[MoogLe]

awesome,

were those previously known species? or did you guys just discover them?

[thog94]

And a few more

[Reverserewind]

You found NEMO!!! LOL. no man those are some pretty sweet pictures seems like an interesting way to spend a month!

[thog94]

Ok, last few pics for a while...
The pics will have the name of the fish on them if you put your cursor over it.

[dynastySSS]

kool thog thanks

[Vantage_TeS]

Lousy scientists! *shakes fist* giving my slodem a hernia.

[acoenfam1]

Kick "6" pics man. In fact my daughter just put one on her desk top.

[C.Carles-AOG]

TK you browse scubaboard.com by chance?

[thog94]

Here are some more.

[MoogLe]

that starfish is all shiny and expensive lookin!

are those legs or spikes on it's bottom?

[thog94]

...and a few more. I'll try to post some long line pics next.

[thog94]

Some long line pics

[thog94]

A few more...

This is what happens when things go wrong

[thog94]

... and finally these

[Reverserewind]

what exactly is it that you do?

[thog94]

I'm the Chief Bosun for a government research vessel. We are in the fisheries branch, so our focus is on what lives in the ocean. Here's a link to our site for a little more info:

http://www.pmc.noaa.gov/de/index.htm

or

http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/delaware2/

[Hep]

what exactly is it that you do?

We pay him to hit the 7 seas and get tanked. :beer:





Anyone here about the 2 goldfish sitting in a tank?

[IwanaANGEL]

it looks like most of your work is done at night?

[thog94]

All of the ROV work was done during the day and the long line stuff was at night.

[thog94]

OK, I just got back from a deep water trip, here are partial cruise instructions for a little back ground on it:

Objectives: The primary objective is to collect fish, cephalopod, and crustacean specimens from the bottom and midwaters at depths of 1000 - 2000 m. These collections will be used for tissue samples, photographs of freshly collected specimens and systematic characters, and voucher specimens in museum collections at the National Museum of Natural History and the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Additionally, an observer from Protected Resources Branch will document observations of marine mammals, turtles and seabirds during daytime hours. These collections and observations contribute to Ocean Exploration and Census of Marine Life projects. Additionally, the cruise will provide educational experience in deep-sea biology to students from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary.

I'll be posting some pics in a minute. They aren't as cool as the other ones, but interesting. We found 2 potential new species this trip. They just need to be exmained better at the lab along with some DNA testing.

[thog94]

This is a few pics of the hard cod end. This helps the fish come up in better shape and some of them alive, I promptly named it "The Coffin"

[thog94]

This is some of the risk involved when you set out 4000 meters of wire. There are too many bad things that can happen like the doors crossing. It took us about 2 hours to uncross and untwist the net, add a few more hours on top of that for net repairs and it's a long day.

[thog94]

A snowy egret that was following us for a while

[thog94]

A few different fish that we pulled up. Being down that deep, most of them are black with luminescents on their bodies.

[SkeL]

that black fish looks amazing. You have any more pics of fish like that?

[Vantage_TeS]

Hes got more, but went to bed. He will be posting more later on sometime.

[IwanaANGEL]

the black fish looks as if it could bite my head off

[sharps990]

that fishing system looks just like the one it the perfect storm that they where using

sharps

[Vantage_TeS]

That black fish is about the size of your open hand IwanaANGEL

[C.Carles-AOG]

Interesting stuff indeed TK, and glad you have you back brotha.

[thog94]

Here are some crusteacans (animals with hard shells)

Skel, which "black fish are you talking about there are a few...

[thog94]

A few more...

[thog94]

Some deep water squids

[thog94]

A few closeups of the squid

[thog94]

Some octopus...

[thog94]

And finally some misc stuff...

[dynastySSS]

nice thog!!!

[Vantage_TeS]

Crazy stuff man.

[Hep]

Dang I got a craving for some Long John Silvers now. :feed: Are those black fish on the menu at your L.J.S. TK? Cuz I havent seen them on the one near my place. :smiley:

[thog94]

Brotha Hep, you'll need about 20 of those fish to try and make one filet. They are pretty small and will fit in the palm of your hand. I don't eat any stuff that comes from that deep anyway.

[SkeL]

I meant more pictures of the black fish above my post. The deep water fishy that looks like it could bite your finger off in one swipe.

[thog94]

Here are a few more. Looking at the pics, most of them are pretty much the same. I'll look for some more when I get back to work on Tuesday.

[MoogLe]

that fish is amazing

[- KEVIE -]

Thog you're my hero can you send me an autographed poster of you :snag: :peace:
those are some amazing pics thanks for sharing.

[Vantage_TeS]

Uh oh thats gonna go straight to his head...

[thog94]

Thog you're my hero can you send me an autographed poster of you :snag: :peace:
those are some amazing pics thanks for sharing.


No problem, don't mind showing the pics to others, especially since it's stuff you don't see everyday.

The next 2 cruises that I go on are whale trips, maybe I'll post some pics, but IMO those trips are a waste of time. I just don't feel like getting into the political side of it.

The auotgraph is in the mail as soon as you order something from Ken;)

Vantage, you sure that you want to work for me for the next 2 weeks???

[IwanaANGEL]

Vantage is going to go with you?? can i come too???

[thog94]

He's not going out on a trip, don't need to chum for any more sharks. We will be dockside and he's going to be doing some work on the boat. We use outside help sometimes, it's just like a temp job.

As soon as you are 18 or 17 with a diploma we'll talk.

[Vantage_TeS]

:bigone: Sorry sir, won't happen again sir :lol:

[dynastySSS]

thog what exactly do you do???? just look at sea life and study them, are you a marine bioigest(sp)

[IwanaANGEL]

biologist

[thog94]

I'm not a scientirific (that's what we call them, among many other things) I just run all of the gear so the can catch the critters.

[Vantage_TeS]

Nope he is Chief Bosun. Runs gear/does general maintenance.

[dynastySSS]

thats cool.. can i come and drive the lil mini sub thingy :)

[thog94]

thats cool.. can i come and drive the lil mini sub thingy :)


Ummm NO. That sub came so close to exploring places on a human body that it shouldn't fit in. The guy running it was a jerk to put it politely. NO BODY tells me how to run my deck, he tried and suffered the consequences. Made my guys laugh when I told him that I wasn't going to launch it until he apologized, took him about 2 seconds after he found out that I was serious. After that the trip went pretty smooth cause he got :owned:

[IwanaANGEL]

Ummm NO. That sub came so close to exploring places on a human body that it shouldn't fit in. The guy running it was a jerk to put it politely. NO BODY tells me how to run my deck, he tried and suffered the consequences. Made my guys laugh when I told him that I wasn't going to launch it until he apologized, took him about 2 seconds after he found out that I was serious. After that the trip went pretty smooth cause he got :owned:
:yikes: someone was going to get beat up :fighter:

[dynastySSS]

lol thats awsome

[thog94]

My boat, My deck, I win end of story.

[matthepepe]

i aint scurred.

[thog94]

i aint scurred.

That's cause you can type upside down;)

But I do have info that, well nevermind.

[C.Carles-AOG]

OOOh spill it!

[Landon_2004]

Do you ever do any other type of work with the ROV. IE offshore platform inspections etc. We had a mini submarine that took a man down to perform an inspection on one of our platforms. Just curious if you have ever done this.

Chad

[Vantage_TeS]

The ROV is a Remotely Operated Vehicle, which means that you don't have people in/on it. A minisub is different.

Also the type of work they do is ocean research so they would get shot if they used it for commercial purposes.

[thog94]

Also the type of work they do is ocean research so they would get shot if they used it for commercial purposes.

Really??? We also work very closely with the commercial industry/community. We share and compair data among other things. You would be surprised what we do.

Lets post what we know, not what we think we know;)

[Vantage_TeS]

Hehe it was an educated guess on the topic of you being associated with a goverment branch of ocean research and the topic of inspecting oil platforms. I am thinking that it would never happen. Then again anything is possible.

[Landon_2004]

I should have been more clear, my apologies. I have worked in the past with several companies that utilize ROV's and mini subs to obtain data in the Gulf of Mexico. This data is typically for the MMS with regard to the condition of our deep water platforms. I was just curious if Thog has done that type of work. Obviously what he does is extremely interesting and the pictures are stunning.

Chad

[thog94]

I don't go into the Gulf, we have 2 boats down in P'gula that do some of the same work that we do. I know that they have done some rig studies in the past, but not exactly sure what they did.

[thog94]

OK dug up a few more pics...

[thog94]

Here's 2 pics of a chimera. They say it's the missing link between sharks and swordfish. It's bill is all cartilage like a shark, but has the properties of a fish. These are really rare to find, guess we got lucky. Most of the scientist didn't know what they were, the ones that did wet their pants. We called them the "spy vs spy" fish cause they look like them from Mad Magazine.

[thog94]

Had to post a pic of this. This is what could happen if you screw up out here. It didn't happen to me or any of my guys. It was someone that I know on another boat. That C hook is almost 5 inches from tip to tip and had to go all the way through his arm before it came out.

[PakmanRevd]

Ouch

[Furby]

*cringe*

[thog94]

Just a little more info on it. The cut the eye on the hook so it would be a cleaner push out of the arm. The operations were stopped and the had to take him into port to visit the ER. He needed a bunch of shots since there is all kinds of stuff on the hook, we use either dog fish or mackerel for bait. They stitched him up, gave him some pain killers and he was working the next day.

[IR3-ANGEL]

Ouchie. Those are some weird fish you got there.

[Hep]

Had to post a pic of this. This is what could happen if you screw up out here. It didn't happen to me or any of my guys. It was someone that I know on another boat. That C hook is almost 5 inches from tip to tip and had to go all the way through his arm before it came out.


sweet Im gonna submit that to bangedup with your permiassion TK ;)

[thog94]

All your's bro...

[drkanglr]

Nothing is normal when you work in the ER, but I'm sure that size hook was still a little surprise for those nurses.

[SkeL]

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=19383
Lots of cool fish in there.

[dark2k2LCD]

WTF????!!!

http://alexkorol.home.comcast.net/references/fish/crab.jpg
http://alexkorol.home.comcast.net/references/fish/blob_fish.jpg

[MoogLe]

damn skell,

i would crap my guts out if i saw sme of those things, thanks for the link

[Emmit]

Just a little more info on it. The cut the eye on the hook so it would be a cleaner push out of the arm. The operations were stopped and the had to take him into port to visit the ER. He needed a bunch of shots since there is all kinds of stuff on the hook, we use either dog fish or mackerel for bait. They stitched him up, gave him some pain killers and he was working the next day.
real mechanics/sailors get hurt, throw a few tools and curse a little then they get right back to work like nothing happened....at least that's the way it was when I was working offshore...you'd throw your hammer good and far and then be back at it (as soon as you found said hammer:doh: )

[drkanglr]

real mechanics/sailors get hurt, throw a few tools and curse a little then they get right back to work like nothing happened....at least that's the way it was when I was working offshore...you'd throw your hammer good and far and then be back at it (as soon as you found said hammer:doh: )


Obviously after the Navy? I'm wondering where on a sub you are going to throw a hammer. Without killing someone. :scratchhe

[Emmit]

no...we threw hammers on the Sub more often than you might imagine...it just means getting in a bilge to get it back. You aren't going to hurt any pumps or piping systems, so it's no biggie.

[J-ROCK]

WOW! those are some cool chit meng! :cool:

[SkeL]

I know these are mostly deep sea fish, but I can sure say these fish would probably make me cry like a little schoolgirl if I saw them in person.
http://alexkorol.home.comcast.net/references/fish/chimaera_fish.jpg
http://alexkorol.home.comcast.net/references/fish/fangtooth.jpg

[Jouster]

Hey, Thog, with all your work on ROV's, do you know a fella up there doing the same thing, last name "Fairfield"?

Jouster

[Lamborghini]

WOW! those are some cool chit meng! :cool:
what you tryin' to be Cuban now?

[dynastySSS]

dude skel that second thing looks like that scary fish from findeing nemo lol

[thog94]

Haven't done much to this thread lately, but I'll update it with about 20 or so new pics in a few days. With the new security system they have on the boat I can't seem to upload files, so I'll do it at home.

[Vantage_TeS]

Ah gotta love when they introduce new "security measures" that break more things that they fix lol

What were you guys doing this cruise?

[thog94]

OK, well I haven't updated this thread in a while. There are a few reasons for that, but I have a few new pics and am waiting on some good ones from different people. For now here are a few. This is a bigger version of the coffin that I had posted earlier. Inside are some live herring and a few that are not so alive lol

We were doing a herring acoustic survey from the beginning of Sept to the middle of Oct. Pretty boring stuff.

[thog94]

Here are a few pics of some sea life and a falcon that was following us for a few days. There are dolphins just hanging out and pilot whales that were bagg feeding. They are pretty smart and eating the fish that were coming out of the cod end (which is the technical term for the end of the net). I can remember a few times in the past where they actually opened the cod end which is tied by line and the scientist lost the entire catch. There's a pic of our new cook, he didn't work out that well so we boiled him and ate him. He tasted much better than he could cook.

[thog94]

Here's a few pics of a pretty big herring tox. The bag is on deck and I asked the scientist if they wanted to dump it on deck or in the checker (the checker is the wooden bin in pic#2 were all the catches go to get sorted out). The decided to dump it in the checker. Well the checker holds about 1 ton of fish. The second pic is of all the herring all over the place. When the guys popped the cod end it was a giant wave of blue going everywhere. When all was said and done, they estimated over 3 tons of fish were caught. All they ever look for in a herring sample is about 2-3 hunderd pounds lol

[thog94]

OK, last trip we were testing a new net that fisheries wants to use. After being out for a week we got most of the data that they were looking for. Some of the data they needed was what the new net catches vs the old net. Well our sister ship the Albatross 4 was out on a survey and we joined them for 3 days. We would tow side by side within a 1/4 mile and compare catches. She was on the 4th leg of the survey and had ruined 3 nets. The Gulf of Maine and Northern George's Banks can be real hard on gear. In order for he to finish the survey, we transfered a net to her at sea.

What happens is we get real close (within a 100 feet) and the toss us a heaving line. We then tie the hearing line to the wings of the net(the front of the net), and the A4 gently pulls the net. The net gets transfered from our back deck to them in a matter of a minute or so. It's a fairly damgerous operation, but both times that I've done it, it went smooth.

[thog94]

Here is the transfer being completed

[thog94]

Ok, this is one of the projects that we are doing on this current trip. We are in now for the weekend due to bad weather, thus giving me a chance to post this. THis contraption is called a Seaboo. It has a few cameras on it, 2 looking down and 2 looking forward. Everything is in color and in real time. If you look at the last pic, this is what the scientist are looking at when we deploy it. Unlike the last underwater camera stuff we did, I've worked with these guys for a while and the are a good bunch of people. The Seaboss also has a grabber. When they find a nice place to set it down, they release the spring and it scoops up a chunk of the bottom. The scientist take a few samples and study the sediment that they catch along with any tube worms or living creatures that are in there. It works well unless the catch a clam, scallop, or rock which prevents the grabber from closing all the way. If this happens we launch it and try it again.

[IwanaANGEL]

wheres your room?

[thog94]

OK, this is it for the night, but it's also where I get to have some fun. These are a few pics of scientist and crew.

The 1st pics is of a former crew member as of today. He got smart and left before I could fire him. Anyway he's one headache that none of us have to deal with ever again. Last I heard he was headed back to Home Depot where he belongs. How does a 35 year old man still live with mom and dad?

In pic #2 there are 2 scientist. I don't know the guys name and don't really care, but the girls name is Lisa. We actually don't call her that, she's know to us as "The Stalker". She attaches herself to you like a leech and won't leave you alone. My poor buddy Pete was hounded by her for months. She would constantly e-mail him and come over to visit him whenever the ship was in. It's a long story and don't have time to explain, but she's a sad case(can anyone say psycho).

In pic#3 is my buddy Grady. He's one of our engineers and he's fixing some fittings on the trawl winch. Grady is a great guy and takes a ton of crap from all of us, but he's one of the nicest kind hearted guys that you'll ever meet. He's also never met a meal he didn't like! Can't help that cheap shot but that's all we do at work anyway.

The last pic is of me and Jon, or better know as Joanna. Everyone gets a nickname when the get on. I also call him several other names that he answers to without hesitation, we even have the captain calling him Joanna. I'm on the left running the winch and he's flexing or trying to anyway. Joanna is my whipping boy, lord knows that every work place needs one. There's not one thing that he says that we don't make fun of him about. His good nature just laughs it off and he knows that we aren't serious about it. It's good to have someone like him around, he makes my job easier and he's a hell of a good worker. I'm in the process of trainig him to move up the ladder. This pic also shows you how well the guys on the boat know me by putting in the caption.

Well until later this trip or whenever I pull some more pics from the boat, this is it for a while.

[thog94]

I'll post a few room pics when I get back to the boat. I have a few there, but not here at home.

[Furby]

Take newd pics of the Stalker and post 'em on the internet...that'll stop her....

[Emmit]

I'll post a few room pics when I get back to the boat. I have a few there, but not here at home.

I'm afraid those might not be appropriate for AOG tho. I know what I've sent you, but lord knows what Hep has sent you that you've got plastered on the walls in there:pointandl

[Vantage_TeS]

I see you still have your girl. Any of the other ladies still with you? Last I heard Matt was leaving in the fall to go back to school.

[thog94]

Matt has been long gone, he took off in August to go back to school. The core of our crew is still here (myself, Lunchbox, Jon, and Mike) and we just hired 2 more to fill out our dept.

[Hep]

I didnt know peanut butter went with lobster lol

[Vantage_TeS]

I have a picture for Mike, I have to scan it. I will email it to your noaa address.

[thog94]

I won't be there until Monday but you can e-mail it to him. If you don't have his addy just send it to me and i'll pass it on.

Mikey has some good pics from last trip that I will scan and post sometime next week or so.

[thog94]

Here's an article in the local paper about some of the work we did last trip:
http://www.capecodonline.com/archives/7days/sat/squirtinvasion20.htm

All of this was scooped up with the SeaBoss bottom grab. I'll see if I can find a few more pictures.

This is where we currently are for the next 8-10 weeks:
http://www.senescomarine.com/

[-=Pandemonium=-]

wait a second....thog is a scientist?

[thog94]

Nope not a scientist, just work with them. I'm actually the Chief Bosun. I'm in charge of all deck operations and stuff like that.

[Emmit]

wait a second....thog is a scientist?

:nono:he's not that smart:niener:

[dynastySSS]

still pretty smart though :peace:

[Emmit]

you've had your vision clouded....perhaps it's glaucoma or something lol

[thog94]

OK, I haven't posted any pics in a while because I haven't felt like it. There also haven't been any pics that I really liked. Anyway here are some more pics of the deep water fish.

Pics are HUGE, the scientist took them at this size and I'm not going to resize all of them.

We'll start off with different squid...

[thog94]

Some more squid...

[thog94]

A few more squid...

[thog94]

Last of the squid/oct pics

[thog94]

Some crustaceans...

[Presto333]

kool, ha the middle pic on the second group of pics reminds me of independence day, when they r opening the alien up, for some odd reason...

[thog94]

Some echinoderms...

[thog94]

Deepwater fish. These guys are around 1500+ meters deep.

[IwanaANGEL]

crazy little critters!

[thog94]

More fish...

[thog94]

This guy was ugly but looked impressive.

[thog94]

Here are a few molluscs.

[thog94]

Misc critters and worms.

[Presto333]

This guy was ugly but looked impressive.

he's got some rad looking eyes

[thog94]

A couple of pics of the scienterifics picking the net and sorting the catch inside.

[Trigga Nometry]

Amazing pics thog! All those creatures look alien to me :tongue: . The scientists do too, hehehe.

[Hep]

man some of those pics looks like some stuff I used to get into from the local girls a few years back lol

[El Pirata]

Where's the pics of the Marlin or the Mahi Mahi? A good fishing trip seems a bit more fun than looking at all that scientific stuff, especially when you are getting paid to go fishing.

[dynastySSS]

haha i love it TK they are all messing w\ the nets and ur JC haha

[El Pirata]

Actually I prefer pics of things like this:
http://www.colonialpanama.com/images/puke3.jpg

[thog94]

This trip was a little different for us, we did some mooring work. The 3 moorings we did are weather stations to help provide information for the at sea community. One of the mooring was way off shore and 2 were close by. Here is the web page of the group of guys we had out with us: http://gyre.umeoce.maine.edu/gomoos.php

Here are some pictures of the onload and how full the deck was...

[thog94]

Here is the buoy being deployed...

We had 6 tag lines on it along with 2 slip hooks to release it as soon as it hits the weather. We needed to get it up and over the rail and pass some sensors through the open frames.

[thog94]

Some line went out with more sensors, then finally the anchor...

[thog94]

Here are pics of a buoy recovery. We take it down the port side and hook into it with clips on slings that are attached to poles to reach the buoys. After we hook in, we get it close with the crane then attach a few tag lines and bring her on deck. You can also see a few sensors that are just below the buoy.

Everything comes onboard including the anchor. The acoustic releases that are use on some buoys cost 12k each so it's cheaper to do it this way. The buoys with no release have anchors that weigh 2700 lbs and the one with releases weigh 3700 lbs. They use old railroad wheels as anchors.

[thog94]

The 3 buoys that we turned around:

N: http://gyre.umeoce.maine.edu/data/gomoos/buoy/html/N01.html

B: http://gyre.umeoce.maine.edu/data/gomoos/buoy/html/B01.html

A: http://gyre.umeoce.maine.edu/data/gomoos/buoy/html/A01.html

A few more misc pics...

[thog94]

Well it's clamming time. We spent the better part of 3 weeks setting up clam gear. This includes the extensive electronic pacage on the clam dredge. Here are a few pics of the onload. It's like a giant jungle gym. Here are a few pics of us taking the trawl door off.

[thog94]

Next, the clam ramp is loaded, these pics are of it in place. The ramp is already in and the pics are of the hydraulic rams that need to be lined up with the ramp.

[thog94]

The lower ramp is now put into place.

[thog94]

A few more of the lower ramp...

[thog94]

After the lower ramp is secured, the sorting table is put on. I don't have any pics of that, but the upper ramp and goal post get put on after the table.

[thog94]

The dredge is put on along with a few final touches and this is the end product.

[thog94]

I don't know why some of the pics ended up out of order, I'll have some more when I get back in a couple of weeks. Maybe i'll take some of the damage that we do to the dredge when we hit rocky bottom.

[dynastySSS]

big boat TK! lol be safe out there and bring us some more pics!

[thog94]

Just got back from a 19 day trip. We were looking for pilot whales. When we found them we would launch a few boats to they can photo ID and take biopsy samples from them for DNA purposes. Here are a few pics of the gray boat being launched.

[thog94]

Here is BOB being launched. We call it BOB because it's the Big Orange Boat...

[thog94]

Here are a few pics of a dead whale we found, I think it was a Humpback. Dead whales really smell bad, actually any marine mammal is rank. There is also a pic of a dolphin jumping out of the water along with some water spouts that were in the distance.

[thog94]

This pic was taken about a month ago when we were still clamming. It was taken by a teacher who came on as a scientist. NOAA has a program called Teacher At Sea. It's pretty coll because teaches from all over the country can apply and come out on different ships to see how life at sea is and how the scientist collect samples. The pic is a panoramic view of Woods Hole, our home port. The picture was taken from the "finger pier", we are docked at the cement pier, you can also see the lab in the background.

[Vantage_TeS]

A giant sea turtle washed up here once. Man what a smell. I'll see if I can find it again but there was an amusing video I saw once of a dead whale that washed up on a beach and the -attempt- of the local authority to try to make it go away =D

[El Pirata]

I think I know the one you are talking about except the one I am thinking of was a whole whale and the problem did not go away as planned but merely got spread out over a larger area.

[warpedx]

Ah yes, seen that one, talk about a mess. I saw a dead whale floating around on my last month of deployment. Didn't get close enough to smell it, but you could see the birds enjoying the buffet, just like the first pic.

[Hep]

This pic was taken about a month ago when we were still clamming. It was taken by a teacher who came on as a scientist. NOAA has a program called Teacher At Sea. It's pretty coll because teaches from all over the country can apply and come out on different ships to see how life at sea is and how the scientist collect samples. The pic is a panoramic view of Woods Hole, our home port. The picture was taken from the "finger pier", we are docked at the cement pier, you can also see the lab in the background.

Nice panaramic shot bro, btw the goods are in the mail

[thog94]

Well our XO is now leaving for another job, two words can describe him GOOD RIDDANCE! Anyone that has dealt with XO's know that they need to be the "bad cop" but this XO enjoyed being a dick and relished in it. His last trip he went out with a bang even pissing off the CO, so we paid tribute to him in these pics, we even wore the shirts upon arrival.

[Furby]

Classic.

[matthepepe]

nice!

[dynastySSS]

LOL very nice tk

[Hep]

Arrgh, Hate Pirates you are!!

[thog94]

How about this for a paint job on the door going up to the bridge...

The door got jammed closed so we had to pop the hinges and jimmy the bastard around, chipping some paint in the process. Jon got a little creative with the paint job.

[Hep]

Shiver me timbers!!

BTW TK did you get that package yet?

[thog94]

Here are some pics of a whale carcas that I found last trip. We were just steaming along and something looked funny in the distance. Upon further review, it was an unidentified dead whale. We took a few pics and reported it back to the lab. There were a few sharks still underneath feeding on it. Some of the bite marks around the jaw were also pretty impressive. The worst thing is that it stank like crap, but all dead marine mammals do, being up wind was nice.

[thog94]

Our Chief Scientist was a little bored, so he decided to have some fun with photoshop.