# Saildrone USV (Explorer / Voyager / Surveyor) at Kodiak: deployment

Canonical ID: `78239904-fde4-4649-a032-c25e50d4f272`

Saildrone USV deployed by NOAA for Arctic and Bering Sea fisheries surveys from Kodiak, AK. Multiple seasons of autonomous data collection.

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

_Last updated: 2026-06-07_

- **Slug:** saildrone-noaa-alaska
- **Status:** operational
- **Model:** [Saildrone USV (Explorer / Voyager / Surveyor)](/models/saildrone-usv.md) (id: `385b5e9b-4631-4e27-8b28-23993f6c0cf9`)
- **Company:** [Saildrone](/companies/saildrone.md) (id: `cf9ac30f-cbfb-4469-96ef-452e4f16f920`)
- **Location:** [Kodiak](/locations/kodiak-ak.md) (id: `c5000950-b562-4a30-8b70-0372e074a0ab`)

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (1)

1. https://www.saildrone.com/

## Common questions

### What is the Saildrone USV (Explorer / Voyager / Surveyor) deployment at Kodiak?

Saildrone USV (Explorer / Voyager / Surveyor), built by Saildrone, is recorded as a deployment at Kodiak on the DEPLOY registry. Saildrone operates the deployment directly.

### Who operates Saildrone USV (Explorer / Voyager / Surveyor) at Kodiak?

Saildrone, the manufacturer of Saildrone USV (Explorer / Voyager / Surveyor), operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.

### Have there been incidents at the Saildrone USV (Explorer / Voyager / Surveyor) deployment at Kodiak?

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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