Whats that ship docked out front of the Visitor Center?
The HMSC serves as home port for OSU’s research vessels, the Wecoma and Elakha, and the newer R/V Pacific Storm. Other vessels come and go; the HMSC ships calendar usually lists visiting vessels. By 2011, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Pacific research fleet will join the HMSC vessels in Newport, thanks to a 20-year lease the agency is planning to sign with the Port of Newport.
