Contact Information
Address:
2002 SE Marine Science Drive
Newport, OR 97365-5229
United StatesOMAO Marine Operations Center - Pacific (MOC-P)
The NOAA Marine Operations Center-Pacific (MOC-P) serves as a homeport for two NOAA ships and provides administrative, engineering, maintenance, and logistical support to NOAAâs Pacific fleet.
The facility, which NOAA leases from the Port of Newport, includes 40,852 square feet of office and warehouse space, a 1,300-foot-long wharf, and a small boat dock.
MOC-P supports five ships, including vessels homeported in California and Alaska. The center and ships are part of the Silver Spring, MD based NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations, which includes civilians and NOAA Corps officers. The Newport facility also houses the Marine Operations directorate, which oversees the Pacific, Pacific-Islands, and Atlantic marine centers and all NOAA ship operations.