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NOAA Transfers Mapping Ship to Mexican Navy
Building Capacity for Hydrography
On December 10, 2004, in the spirit of true cooperation, the President of the United States of America signed into law legislation authorizing the transfer of the decommissioned National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) hydrographic survey vessel WHITING to Mexico. Public Law 108-456, Title II, Section 202 states:
“The Secretary of Commerce shall convey to the Government of Mexico, without consideration, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration vessel WHITING –
(1) For use as a hydrographic survey platform in support of activities of the United States-Mexico Charting Advisors Committee; and
(2) To enhance coordination and cooperation between the United States
and Mexico regarding hydrographic surveying and nautical charting activities
in the border waters of both countries in the Gulf of Mexico and in
the Pacific Ocean.”
