The Environmental Science Services Administration was a United States federal executive agency created in 1965 as part of a reorganization of the United States Department of Commerce. Its mission was
Robert M. White, ca. 1971. He was the Administrator of ESSA throughout its existence.
The ESSA-9 weather satellite in February 1969. It operated from February 1969 to November 1972.
The ocean survey ship USC&GS Surveyor (OSS 32) – seen during helicopter operations in the Bering Sea – was among ships in commission in the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey fleet during the years the Survey was subordinate to ESSA.
The seal of the U.S. ESSA Commissioned Officer Corps.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps is one of eight federal uniformed services of the United States, and operates under the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
The seal of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, in which the NOAA Corps originated as the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Corps in 1917
An ODU uniform ball cap, with lieutenant commander rank insignia
NOAA Corps officers wearing service dress blues