Editing Weather ship (section)

===1950s===
[[Image:Pacific Weather Ships.jpg|thumb|right|Locations of weather ships in the northern Pacific Ocean]]
Weather ship B ("Baker"), which had been jointly operated by Canada and the United States, became solely a United States venture on July 1, 1950. The Netherlands and the United States began to jointly operate weather ship A ("Able") in the Atlantic on July 22, 1950. The [[Korean War]] led to the discontinuing of weather vessel O ("Oboe") on July 31, 1950 in the Pacific, and ship S ("Sugar") was established on September 10, 1950.<ref name="ABS">{{cite journal|url=http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/wb_topicsandpersonnel/1950.pdf|journal=Weather Bureau Topics|author=United States Weather Bureau|page=132|date=October 1950|volume=9|access-date=January 22, 2011|title=Changes Made in Ocean Projects|issue=10|author-link=United States Weather Bureau}}</ref>  Weather ship P's ("Peter") operations were taken over by Canada on December 1, 1950, which allowed the Coast Guard to begin operating station U ("Uncle") {{convert|2000|km|mi}} west of northern [[Baja California]] on December 12, 1950. As a result of these changes, ship N ("Nan") was moved {{convert|400|km|mi}} to the southeast on December 10, 1950.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/wb_topicsandpersonnel/1951.pdf|journal=Weather Bureau Topics|author=United States Weather Bureau|page=12|date=January 1951|volume=10|access-date=January 31, 2011|title=Changes in Pacific Ocean Station Program|issue=1|author-link=United States Weather Bureau}}</ref>

Responsibility for weather ship V ("Victor") transferred from the United States Navy to the United States Coast Guard and Weather Bureau on September 30, 1951.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/wb_topicsandpersonnel/1951.pdf|journal=Weather Bureau Topics|author=United States Weather Bureau|page=157|date=August 1951|volume=10|access-date=January 31, 2011|title=Bureau to Operate Pacific Station "V"|issue=8|author-link=United States Weather Bureau}}</ref>  On March 20, 1952, Vessels N ("November") and U ("Uncle") were moved {{convert|32|to|48|km|mi}} to the south to lie under airplane paths between the western United States coast and [[Honolulu]], Hawaii.<ref name="NU">{{cite journal|url=http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/wb_topicsandpersonnel/1952.pdf|journal=Weather Bureau Topics|author=United States Weather Bureau|page=48|date=April 1952|volume=11|access-date=January 31, 2011|title=Pacific Stations Relocated|issue=4|author-link=United States Weather Bureau}}</ref>  In 1956 {{USCGC|Pontchartrain|WHEC-70|6}}, while stationed at N ("November"), rescued the crew and passengers of [[Pan Am Flight 6]] after the crippled aircraft diverted to the cutter's position and ditched in the ocean.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/tag/ocean-station-november/ |title=16 October 1956 |date=October 16, 2018 |work=This Day in Aviation |publisher=Bryan R. Swopes}}</ref>  Weather vessel Q ("Quebec") began operation in the north-central Pacific on April 6, 1952,<ref name="Q">{{cite journal|url=http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/wb_topicsandpersonnel/1952.pdf|journal=Weather Bureau Topics|author=United States Weather Bureau|page=79|date=May 1952|volume=11|access-date=January 31, 2011|title=Station "Q" Established|issue=5|author-link=United States Weather Bureau}}</ref> while in the western Atlantic, the British corvettes used as weather ships were replaced by newer Castle-class [[frigate]]s between 1958 and 1961.<ref name="BritishShips"/>