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Thoma-Sea awarded $178 million contract for two NOAA ships
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s effort to recapitalize its aging fleet of research ships took a step forward December 31 with the U.S. Navy’s award of a $178,082,877 contract to shipbuilder