page_title: NOAAS Pisces (R 226)
section_title: Construction and commissioning
hierarchical_section_title: NOAAS Pisces (R 226) / Construction and commissioning
caption_attribution_description: English: VT Halter Marine launches the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration fisheries nd oceanographic research ship NOAAS Pisces (R 226) at Moss Point, Mississippi.
context_page_description: NOAAS Pisces (R 226) is an American fisheries and oceanographic research vessel in commission in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration fleet since 2009.
context_section_description: Pisces was built by VT Halter Marine at Moss Point, Mississippi, and was launched on 19 December 2007, sponsored by Dr. Annette Nevin Shelby, the wife of United States Senator Richard Shelby of Alabama. The ship was commissioned into service as NOAAS Pisces (R 226) on 6 November 2009.
  To name the ship and promote interest in science, NOAA held a regional contest requiring submission of a proposed name and an accompanying essay supporting the choice of name. The winning entry, submitted by five seventh graders at Sacred Heart Elementary School in Southaven, Mississippi, was Pisces.
caption: NOAAS Pisces (R 226) is launched by VT Halter Marine at Moss Point, Mississippi, on 19 December 2007.
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