 The Coast and Geodetic Survey commissioned her on 8 July 1963 in a ceremony at New Orleans, Louisiana, as USC&GS "Whiting" (CSS 29), the first and only Coast and Geodetic Survey ship of the name.When the Coast and Geodetic Survey and other United States Government agencies merged to form NOAA on 3 October 1970, "Whiting" became a part of the NOAA fleet as NOAAS "Whiting" (S 329), thus far the only NOAA ship to bear the name.