"Argonne ", during her time in northern waters, also assisted the Bering Sea Aerological Expedition, with weather surveys and analyses necessary for radio stations of Washington and Alaska.
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"' Florence " Flossie " van Straten "'( 1913-1992 ) was an aerological engineer known for advancing the science of naval meteorology during and after World War II.
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In June of that year, the military announced that a United States Meteorological and Aerological station would be constructed at Fly Field at a cost of $ 30, 000 and would be manned by four Army personnel, marking the first military presence at Yuma's airport.
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"Owasco ", the lead ship in her class, was launched by the Western Pipe and Steel Company at San Pedro, California on 18 June 1944 and commissioned on 18 May 1945, barely two months before the end of World War II . Initially fitted out as a gunboat, the vessel was converted to peace time status at the Coast Guard Yard at Curtis Bay, Maryland through the removal of much of her armament and installation of observation facilities and aerological equipment, a conversion completed in May 1946.
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Ancillary projects, carried out in addition to the main objectives of each cruise, included the Automated Shipboard Aerological Program ( ASAP ), the Cadet Training Program ( for students from the California Maritime Academy, the United States Military Academy, and the United States Naval Academy ), marine mammal observations ( she averaged 23 sightings of marine mammals per year ), use of her Shipboard Environmental Data Acquisition System ( SEAS ) ( averaging 1, 700 weather reports per year, she was among the top ten reporting ships in the program in each year from 1989 through 1996 and was the top reporter in 1992, 1993, and 1994 ), and the Teacher at Sea Program ( in which teachers came aboard to observe operations in the Vents program ).
