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USNOSS P/erce (CSS 28) 



The coastal survey ship Pierce was built for the Survey in 1963 Virginia. She and her sister ship, the Whiting (CSS 29), are based 

 by Marietta Manufacturing Company of Point Pleasant, West at Norfolk, Virginia. 



Length: 164' Displacement: 760 tons 



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USNOSS Ferret (ASV 92) 



An auxiliary survey vessel built in 1968 for the National Ocean h'errcl is primarily used for measuring coastal and estuarine 



Survey by Zigler Shipyards of Jennings, Ixiuisiana. Home-ported current. 



at the Survey's Atlantic Marine Center in Norfolk, Virginia, the Length: 133' 3" Displacement: 363 tons 



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