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AMVER Computer Watches Global Shipping Network
A Coast Guard operated AMVER system on Governor's Island uses a computerized network to track merchant vessels worldwide and coordinate rescue efforts. Since 1958 it has aided ships in distress across the Atlantic Pacific and Indian Oceans with 65 radio stations and 60 nations participating. In 1966 it logged 110 000 vessel positions and helped pilots locate aircraft in trouble including the Petrel yacht rescue last December.
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York
Nana
Hattan
Coast Guard
Governor's II
Atlantic
J. E. Fletcher
AMVER
San Francisco
Ail
Pacific
VER
Coast
Indian Oceans
New York
U. S. Coast Guard and Navy
Canada
Japan
Spain
Italy
American Samoa
New Zealand
French Polynesia
Fiji Islands
Persian Gulf
Petrel
Connecticut
Bermuda
Governor’s Island
N. Y
Rockaway