NOAA has awarded a lease to Massa Industries, LLC for office space in Middletown, Rhode Island, that will temporarily house a new marine operations support facility for Rhode Island-based NOAA ships Henry B. Bigelow and Okeanos Explorer.
![NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow (Image credit: NOAA) NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_width_1275/public/legacy/image/2020/Aug/NOAA%20Ship%20Henry%20B.%20Bigelow%20alongside%20at%20Naval%20Station%20Newport%20in%20Rhode%20Island_NOAA%20Photo%20by%20David%20Hall%20%281%29.jpg?itok=Gl3N5tnR)
NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow (Image credit: NOAA)