Captain Sam DeBow
Chief, Hydrographic Surveys Division
Captain Samuel P. DeBow, Jr., has been a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer for 21 years. He has a B.S. in Commerce and Engineering (Engineering Management) from Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA, and an M.S. in Hydrographic Sciences from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA. He has served aboard three NOAA hydrographic ships and is the former Commanding Officer of the NOAA Ship RUDE. RUDE was instrumental in locating and mapping the wreckage of TWA 800 off Moriches, Long Island in 1996. CDR DeBow recently was Chief of the Operations Branch within the Hydrographic Surveys Division, Office of Coast Survey.
E-mail: Sam DeBow@noaa.gov