Fairweather, a decommissioned hydrographic survey ship, was recently refurbished and reactivated. It now has multiple capabilities that enabled it to recover a lost tsunami buoy in 2005.
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Fairweather, a decommissioned hydrographic survey ship, was recently refurbished and reactivated. It now has multiple capabilities that enabled it to recover a lost tsunami buoy in 2005.