Ronald H. Brown returns to Charleston after more than 8 months at sea
NOAA’s largest oceanographic research vessel, NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown, steamed into its Charleston, South Carolina, home port yesterday, after a 243-day voyage around the world to conduct scientific research and service buoys that inform global weather, climate and ocean forecasting.
![The oceanographic research vessel NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown is the largest ship in NOAA's fleet.
(Image credit: Wes Struble/NOAA) The oceanographic research vessel NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown is the largest ship in NOAA's fleet.](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_width_1275/public/legacy/image/2019/Jun/PHOTO%20-%20NOAA%20Ship%20Ronald%20H%20Brown%20Wes%20Struble%20-%20102318%20-%203920x1869%20-%20LANDSCAPE.jpg?itok=pbP17TkD)
The oceanographic research vessel NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown is the largest ship in NOAA's fleet. (Image credit: Wes Struble/NOAA)