# C-Star at U.S. Virgin Islands, USA: deployment

Canonical ID: `67cf6a15-2f84-4474-80aa-57ec44edeede`

Five C-Stars deployed by NOAA, University of Southern Mississippi, and [Oshen](/companies/oshen.md) off St. Thomas to collect hurricane data. Three C-Stars survived Hurricane Humberto (Category 5), becoming the first USVs to collect data from inside a hurricane.

## Key facts

- **Fleet size:** 5 C-Stars
- **Operator:** NOAA AOML + University of Southern Mississippi

**Trust tier:** Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified

_Last updated: 2026-08-20_

- **Slug:** oshen-cstar-usvi-noaa
- **Status:** operational
- **Model:** [C-Star](/models/oshen-c-star.md) (id: `24454296-959f-4f33-b28f-270e60e35c70`)
- **Category:** [Maritime](/maritime)
- **Company:** [Oshen](/companies/oshen.md) (id: `2fdb169b-d983-48c6-9bdb-4ae837c9aae6`)
- **Location:** [U.S. Virgin Islands, USA](/locations/us-virgin-islands-usa.md) (id: `1fffa660-ffa7-45de-8cc7-95972572a067`)
- **First seen:** 2025-08-31T00:00:00.000Z

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (1)

1. https://research.noaa.gov/noaa-and-partners-deploy-mini-ocean-robots-to-collect-hurricane-data/

## Common questions

### What is the C-Star deployment at U.S. Virgin Islands, USA?

C-Star, built by Oshen, is recorded as a deployment at U.S. Virgin Islands, USA on the DEPLOY registry. Oshen operates the deployment directly.

### Who operates C-Star at U.S. Virgin Islands, USA?

Oshen, the manufacturer of C-Star, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.

### When did the C-Star deployment at U.S. Virgin Islands, USA go live?

The deployment is recorded as starting August 31, 2025 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.

### Have there been incidents at the C-Star deployment at U.S. Virgin Islands, USA?

No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.


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