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Ship of the United States Bureau of Fisheries

USFS/US FWS Eider USFS Eider in 1920. History United States Name MV Idaho Namesake Idaho Builder Nilson and Kelez, Seattle, Washington Launched 16 November 1913 Identification WTDD[1] Fate Sold to United States Bureau of Fisheries summer 1919 U.S. Bureau of Fisheries Name US FWS Eider Namesake Eider Cost US$26,000 Acquired Summer 1919 Commissioned 1919 Home port Unalaska, Territory of Alaska Fate Transferred to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 30 June 1940 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Name US FWS Eider Namesake Previous name retained Acquired From U.S. Bureau of Fisheries 30 June 1940 Fate Transferred to United States Navy 1942 Acquired Transferred from U.S. Navy 1946 Decommissioned Late 1940s Fate Sold to U.S. Geological Survey January 1949 United States Navy Name USS YP-198 Acquired From Fish and Wildlife Service 1942 Fate Transferred to U.S. Coast Guard 29 May 1942 Acquired Transferred from U.S. Coast Guard 26 October 1945 Stricken 20 March 1946 Fate Transferred to Fish and Wildlife Service United States Coast Guard Name USCGC YP-198 Namesake Previous name retained Acquired From U.S. Navy 29 May 1942 Fate Transferred to U.S. Navy 26 October 1945 Notes Operated as harbor fireboat United States Geological Survey Name MV Eider Namesake Previous name retained Acquired From Fish and Wildlife Service January 1949 Out of service October 1954 Fate Sold 1955 Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands Name MV Eider Namesake Previous name retained Acquired 1955 Home port Marshall Islands Fate Sank General characteristics (as civilian vessel) Type Motor schooner Tonnage 76 gross register tons 52 net tons Length 88 ft (27 m) Beam 19 ft (5.8 m) Draft 9 ft 2 in (2.79 m) Propulsion 1913: 110-horsepower (82 kW) 3-cylinder Frisco Standard gasoline engine 1923: 140-horsepower (104 kW) 6-cylinder Atlas-Imperial diesel engine Added 1925: 12-horsepower (8.9 kW) Cummins auxiliary diesel engine 1951: 500-horsepower (373 kW) General Motors diesel engine Speed 1913: 8 knots (15 km/h) 1923: 8.75 knots (16 km/h) (average) Range 5,500 nautical miles (10,200 km) Crew 1919: 13 Armament 1919: 1 x 1-pounder gun General characteristics (as U.S. Navy/U.S. Coast Guard vessel) Type Yard patrol boat Harbor fireboat Displacement 152 tons Length 77 ft 3 in (23.55 m) Notes SOURCE: Bruhn, p. 281.

**USFS *Eider*** was an American [motor](/source/Motor_vessel) [schooner](/source/Schooner) in commission in the fleet of the [United States Bureau of Fisheries](/source/United_States_Bureau_of_Fisheries) from 1919 to 1940 and, as **US FWS *Eider***, in the fleet of the U.S. [Fish and Wildlife Service](/source/United_States_Fish_and_Wildlife_Service) from 1940 to 1942 and again in the late 1940s. She ran a passenger-cargo service between [Unalaska](/source/Unalaska%2C_Alaska) and the [Pribilof Islands](/source/Pribilof_Islands), and also carried passengers, supplies, and provisions to destinations on the mainland of the [Territory of Alaska](/source/Territory_of_Alaska) and in the [Aleutian Islands](/source/Aleutian_Islands). She occasionally supported research activities in Alaskan waters and the North [Pacific Ocean](/source/Pacific_Ocean), and she conducted patrols to protect Alaskan [fisheries](/source/Fishery) and [marine mammals](/source/Marine_mammal). In 1924, she provided logistical support to the [first aerial circumnavigation](/source/First_aerial_circumnavigation) of the world.

Prior to her acquisition by the Bureau of Fisheries, the ship was the [commercial](/source/Commercial_fishing) [fishing vessel](/source/Fishing_vessel) **MV *Idaho***. From 1942 to 1945, the ship served in the [United States Coast Guard](/source/United_States_Coast_Guard) as the harbor [fireboat](/source/Fireboat) ***YP-198*** during [World War II](/source/World_War_II). After the end of her Fish and Wildlife Service career, she served in the [United States Geological Survey](/source/United_States_Geological_Survey) from 1949 to 1954, and from 1955 she operated in the [Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands](/source/Trust_Territory_of_the_Pacific_Islands).

## Construction and commissioning

On 21 April 1910, the [United States Congress](/source/United_States_Congress) assigned the responsibility for the management and harvest of [northern fur seals](/source/Northern_fur_seal), [foxes](/source/Fox), and other [fur](/source/Fur)-bearing animals in the [Pribilof Islands](/source/Pribilof_Islands) in the [Bering Sea](/source/Bering_Sea), as well as for the care, education, and welfare of the [Aleut](/source/Aleut_people) communities in the islands, to the [United States Bureau of Fisheries](/source/United_States_Bureau_of_Fisheries) (BOF).[2] Since 1917, the BOF had operated a "[Pribilof tender](/source/Pribilof_tender),"[2] a dedicated supply vessel used to transport passengers and cargo to and from the Pribilof Islands.[2]

On 1 July 1918, the U.S. Congress appropriated US$20,000 to the BOF for the construction or purchase of a wooden-[hulled](/source/Hull_(watercraft)) [motor vessel](/source/Motor_vessel) capable of operating in the rough waters of the Bering Sea to replace its existing Pribilof tender,[3] the [steamer](/source/Steamship) [USFS *Roosevelt*](/source/SS_Roosevelt_(1905)).[4] The [naval architecture](/source/Naval_architecture) firm of Lee and Brinton of [Seattle](/source/Seattle), [Washington](/source/Washington_(state)), designed the ship, to be known as USFS *Tern*,[3] following the BOF's custom of naming its vessels assigned to operate in the waters of the [Territory of Alaska](/source/Territory_of_Alaska) after [seabirds](/source/Seabird) common in the region.[3] *Tern* was to be 70 feet (21 meters) long and have a heavy-duty 80-horsepower (60 kW) engine, a cruising range of over 2,000 [nautical miles](/source/Nautical_mile) (3,700 kilometers; 2,300 miles), a cargo capacity of 30 tons, and sleeping accommodations for 16 people.[3] The BOF advertised in Seattle for bids for the construction of *Tern* in 1918, but when the bidding period closed on 3 December 1918, the lowest bid was US$27,500, which was US$7,500 more than the Congressional appropriation.[3] The BOF advertised for bids in Seattle again, but when the bidding closed the second time on 8 January 1919, the lowest bid, $26,000, still was too high.[3]

The need to replace *Roosevelt* became more urgent on 17 January 1919, when the BOF assessed her as in need of major repairs,[4] and the [Steamboat Inspection Service](/source/Steamboat_Inspection_Service) later confirmed it;[4] on 21 April 1919, an inspection at [Bremerton](/source/Bremerton%2C_Washington), Washington, revealed extensive [dry rot](/source/Dry_rot) requiring an estimated US$186,000 in repairs, which the BOF deemed prohibitive.[4] The BOF advertised in Seattle for bids for the construction of *Tern* for a third time, only to find that when bidding closed on 12 May 1919, the lowest bid, US$28,800, again exceeded the Congressional appropriation.[3] *Roosevelt* was condemned on 4 June 1919.[4][3] On 11 July 1919, the U.S. Congress passed a deficiency act that appropriated an additional US$7,500 for her replacement.[3] The BOF scrapped plans to build *Tern*, and instead purchased the 88-foot (27-meter) motor [schooner](/source/Schooner) ***Idaho*** in the summer of 1919 for US$26,000.

[Nilson and Kelez](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nilson_and_Kelez&action=edit&redlink=1) had constructed *Idaho* in Seattle and [launched](/source/Ceremonial_ship_launching) her on 16 November 1913.[3] Employed as a [commercial](/source/Commercial_fishing) deep-water [Pacific halibut](/source/Pacific_halibut) [fishing vessel](/source/Fishing_vessel), *Idaho* was well known in the area and regarded as seaworthy and capable of operating in the Bering Sea during voyages to the Pribilofs.[3] The BOF renamed her **USFS *Eider***[3] and converted her for fisheries use by transferring most of *Roosevelt*′s movable equipment to her[3][4] before selling *Roosevelt* on 15 July 1919[4] and adding additional [cabin](/source/Cabin_(ship)) space and a communications room.[3] The [United States Navy](/source/United_States_Navy) installed a modern 0.5-kilowatt wireless system in her communications room and a [1-pounder gun](/source/QF_1-pounder_pom-pom#United_States) on her deck so that could provide armed protection of [fur seal](/source/Fur_seal) [rookeries](/source/Rookery).[3]

## Service history

### Bureau of Fisheries

Carrying several [United States Government](/source/United_States_Government) employees as passengers and a cargo of general supplies, [United States Mail](/source/United_States_Mail), and [coal](/source/Coal),[3] and with a crew of 13 – her [master](/source/Sea_captain), [first officer](/source/Chief_mate), [second officer](/source/Second_mate), [engineer](/source/Engineering_officer_(ship)), assistant engineer, [radio operator](/source/Radio_operator), and [mess](/source/Mess) attendant and six [seamen](/source/Sailor)[3] – *Eider* departed Seattle on 26 October 1919 for her first voyage to the Pribilof Islands.[3] The Pribilofs lacked mooring facilities for her or any harbors, and so the BOF stationed her at [Unalaska](/source/Unalaska%2C_Alaska) on [Unalaska Island](/source/Unalaska_Island) in the [Aleutian Islands](/source/Aleutian_Islands) – at 250 nautical miles (460 kilometers; 290 miles) away, the closest port to the Pribilofs.[3] In addition to her voyages between Seattle, Unalaska, and the Pribilofs, *Eider* also transported passengers and supplies between the two main islands in the Pribilofs – [Saint Paul Island](/source/Saint_Paul_Island_(Alaska)) and [St. George Island](/source/St._George_Island_(Alaska)) – and to and between other communities on islands in the Aleutians and the Bering Sea.[3]

*Eider* made one of her voyages to the Pribilofs in January 1920, an impressive feat in an era when few vessels attempted to operate in the Bering Sea during the hazardous winter months.[3] In April 1920, she transported 1,312 [sealskins](/source/Sealskin) and 938 [fox](/source/Fox) skins from the Pribilofs to Unalaska, where they were loaded aboard the commercial steamer SS *Victoria* for transportation to Seattle.[3] Outbreaks of [smallpox](/source/Smallpox) forced health authorities to place her in [quarantine](/source/Quarantine) at Unalaska on 18 October 1920 and again on 10 November 1920,[3] but by then *Eider* had made 11 round trips between Unalaska and the Pribilof Islands and two voyages to [King Cove](/source/King_Cove%2C_Alaska) on the southwestern tip of the [Alaska Peninsula](/source/Alaska_Peninsula) and had logged nearly 8,000 nautical miles (15,000 kilometers; 9,200 miles).[3] On 28 November 1920, she left Unalaska to undergo repairs at [Kodiak](/source/Kodiak%2C_Alaska) on [Kodiak Island](/source/Kodiak_Island), and during her return voyage to Unalaska at the end of 1920 received word that the [mail boat](/source/Mail_boat) *Pulitzer* was missing near [Chignik](/source/Chignik%2C_Alaska), Alaska;[3] after searching for *Pulitzer* and finding her disabled and in distress, *Eider* took her crew, passengers, and mail aboard and transported them southwestward to [Unga](/source/Unga%2C_Alaska) and Unalaska.[3]

For several weeks in the autumn of 1921, *Eider* underwent a major overhaul at Kodiak in which her hull was sheathed with [ironbark](/source/Ironbark), her deck railings were modified, the floor of her [forecastle](/source/Forecastle) was raised, her [rudder](/source/Rudder) was [reriveted](/source/Riveting), her main engine was overhauled, a new [bilge pump](/source/Bilge_pump) was installed, and her [cabins](/source/Cabin_(ship)), [companionway](/source/Companionway), [bulkheads](/source/Bulkhead_(partition)), and [heads](/source/Head_(watercraft)) received additions and modifications and new [lockers](/source/Locker) were installed.[3] In December 1922, *Eider* came to the assistance of the vessel *Lister*, which had run ashore at [Cape Makushin](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cape_Makushin&action=edit&redlink=1) on Unalaska Island, 40 miles (64 kilometres) from Unalaska.[3]

*Eider* arrives in port covered with ice.

On 24 March 1923, *Eider* arrived in Seattle to have her original [gasoline engine](/source/Gasoline_engine) replaced with a 140-horsepower (104 kW), 6-cylinder [Atlas-Imperial](/source/Atlas-Imperial) solid-injection, reverse-gear [diesel engine](/source/Diesel_engine).[3] Her new engine was more efficient and proved to be very reliable in the coming years, and with it *Eider* averaged 8.75 knots (16.2 km/h; 10.1 mph) during the summer of 1923, an improvement over the 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) she could make with her old engine.[3] Beginning in 1923, BOF employees embarked on *Eider* for several weeks each summer to inspect the [salmon](/source/Salmon) [fisheries](/source/Fishery) at various [canneries](/source/Cannery) and [spawning](/source/Spawning) streams; BOF employees who made these deployments aboard her included Dr. [Charles H. Gilbert](/source/Charles_Henry_Gilbert), [Willis H. Rich](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Willis_H._Rich&action=edit&redlink=1), and [Dennis Winn](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dennis_Winn_(fisheries_scientist)&action=edit&redlink=1).[3] Following a 1923 [Executive Order](/source/Executive_Order), *Eider* began guarding the [sea otters](/source/Sea_otter) and migratory fur seal herds in the [Territory of Alaska](/source/Territory_of_Alaska).[3] During the winter of 1923–1924, she found and assisted the missing vessel *Viking*.[3]

In 1924, *Eider* supported the [first aerial circumnavigation](/source/First_aerial_circumnavigation) of the world, achieved by [United States Army Air Service](/source/United_States_Army_Air_Service) aviators in four [Douglas World Cruiser](/source/Douglas_World_Cruiser) airplanes who took off from the [naval air station](/source/Naval_air_station) at [Sand Point](/source/Sand_Point%2C_Seattle) in Seattle on 6 April 1924 and proceeded westward.[3] The [Soviet Union](/source/Soviet_Union) had prohibited the aircraft from landing on its soil, necessitating stops in the Territory of Alaska and Bering Sea area as the aircraft bypassed Soviet territory.[3] *Eider* transported the advance personnel, supplies, [gasoline](/source/Gasoline), and [lubricating oil](/source/Lubricating_oil) needed to support the early stages of the trip to several locations in Alaska and the Bering Sea and provided the pilots with accommodations, meals, [meteorological](/source/Meteorology) information, and moorings for the planes.[3] Ultimately, two of the original airplanes completed the trip successfully by arriving at Seattle on 28 September 1924, 175 days after departing Naval Air Station Sand Point.[3]

By the mid-1920s, *Eider*′s patrol duties had expanded to include the protection of salmon in [Southwest Alaska](/source/Southwest_Alaska).[3] In 1925, a 12-horsepower (8.9 kW) [Cummins](/source/Cummins) auxiliary diesel engine was installed aboard her.[3] That year, she suffered hull damage when she struck a rock in [Wrangell Narrows](/source/Wrangell_Narrows) between [Mitkof Island](/source/Mitkof_Island) and [Kupreanof Island](/source/Kupreanof_Island) in the [Alexander Archipelago](/source/Alexander_Archipelago) in [Southeast Alaska](/source/Southeast_Alaska).[3]

In 1929, *Eider*′s patrol duties grew again to include protection of the Pacific halibut in the northern [Pacific Ocean](/source/Pacific_Ocean).[3] She aided with the annual [seal](/source/Pinniped) census in July 1929.[3] In September 1929, she lost her rudder and [skeg](/source/Skeg) (an extension of her [keel](/source/Keel) from her [stern](/source/Stern)) when she struck a rocky reef off St. George Island in the Pribilofs during a storm in [fog](/source/Fog), and she had to be towed to [Juneau](/source/Juneau%2C_Alaska), Alaska, for repairs.[3]

In performing her Pribilof tender duties and other assignments between 1920 and 1929, *Eider* logged as many as 17,000 nautical miles (31,000 kilometers; 20,000 miles) a year.[3] Exposure to harsh weather and ice had taken a toll on her, and by the late 1920s she required overhauls and major repairs at an ever-increasing rate.[3] In 1928, the BOF suggested the construction of new Pribilof tender, larger and more powerful than *Eider*, for voyages in the Bering Sea,[3] This ship, [USFS *Penguin*](/source/USFS_Penguin), entered service in May 1930.[5] With *Penguin* [in commission](/source/Ship_commissioning) and assuming duties as the BOF′s Pribilof tender, the BOF reassigned *Eider* to annual [fisheries patrol](/source/Fisheries_patrol) duty in the more protected waters around Kodiak,[3] although she also continued to transport passengers and supplies to various settlements and BOF stations in the Territory of Alaska.[3]

In the spring of 1934, *Eider* began patrol work to protect fur seal herds migrating northward along the coast of Washington near [Neah Bay](/source/Neah_Bay). Between February and April 1936, she took part in a [Works Progress Administration](/source/Works_Progress_Administration) stream improvement project in the Territory of Alaska′s Juneau and [Wrangell](/source/Wrangell%2C_Alaska) districts. In 1938, [biologists](/source/Biologist) embarked on *Eider* conducted a tagging experiment to measure the travel times of fish.[3]

### Fish and Wildlife Service (1940–1942)

In 1939, the Bureau of Fisheries was transferred from the [United States Department of Commerce](/source/United_States_Department_of_Commerce) to the [United States Department of the Interior](/source/United_States_Department_of_the_Interior),[6] and on 30 June 1940, it merged with the Interior Department's Division of Biological Survey to form the new [Fish and Wildlife Service](/source/United_States_Fish_and_Wildlife_Service) (FWS) as an element of the Interior Department.[7] Via this reorganization, *Eider* became part of the fleet of the new FWS as **US FWS *Eider*** in 1940.[3] She continued her operations in Alaskan waters.[3]

On 24 October 1940, *Eider* struck a reef off [Prince Rupert](/source/Prince_Rupert%2C_British_Columbia), [British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia), [Canada](/source/Canada).[3] Her hull sustained 14 feet (4.3 meters) of damage.[3]

### United States Navy and United States Coast Guard

The [United States](/source/United_States) entered [World War II](/source/World_War_II) on 7 December 1941, and in 1942 the U.S. Navy requisitioned *Eider* for war service, designated her as a [yard patrol boat](/source/Yard_patrol_boat), and renamed her **USS *YP-198***.[3][8] As of 15 May 1942, *YP-198* was assigned to the [Thirteenth Naval District](/source/Thirteenth_Naval_District) Inshore Patrol, based at the Northwestern Sector Section Base at Seattle.[9] On 29 May 1942, the Navy transferred *YP-198* to the [United States Coast Guard](/source/United_States_Coast_Guard),[3] which converted her into a harbor [fireboat](/source/Fireboat).[3]

After the conclusion of the war, the Coast Guard transferred *YP-198* back to the Navy on 26 October 1945.[3] The Navy, in turn, struck her from the [Naval Register](/source/Naval_Register) on 20 March 1946[8] and transferred her back to the Fish and Wildlife Service.[3]

### Fish and Wildlife Service (1946–1949)

Once again known as US FWS *Eider*, the vessel returned to service in the Fish and Wildlife Service fleet. In October 1946, she transported a search party to [Shuyak Island](/source/Shuyak_Island) n the northern part of the [Kodiak Archipelago](/source/Kodiak_Archipelago) in an unsuccessful attempt to locate a missing U.S. Navy [enlisted man](/source/Enlisted_man).[3] At some point later in the 1940s, the FWS declared *Eider* to be surplus property.[3]

### United States Geological Survey

In January 1949 a [United States Geological Survey](/source/United_States_Geological_Survey) (USGS) geologist, G. D. Robinson, acquired *Eider* for use in studying [volcanos](/source/Volcano) and [geology](/source/Geology) in and around the Aleutian Islands.[3] *Eider* provided USGS geologists conducting this research with their first dedicated transportation to and from the Aleutians since 1946.[3] In 1951, her engine was replaced with a 500-horsepower (373 kW) [General Motors](/source/General_Motors) diesel engine.[3] She supported USGS research in the Aleutians until October 1954, when the USGS declared her to be surplus property.[3]

### Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands

In 1955, the [Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands](/source/Trust_Territory_of_the_Pacific_Islands) acquired *Eider* for use in providing support for medical and dental personnel in the [Marshall Islands](/source/Marshall_Islands).[3] At some point during this service, she became disabled and sank while under tow for repairs.[3]

## References

### Footnotes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Navigation and Steamboat Inspection, *Merchant Vessels of the United States (Including Yachts and Government Vessels), Year Ended June 30, 1933*, Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, 1932, pp. 151, 1131.](https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.b3330094)

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-pribiloftenders_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-pribiloftenders_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-pribiloftenders_2-2) [AFSC Historical Corner: The Pribilof Islands Tender Vessels Retrieved September 4, 2018](https://www.afsc.noaa.gov/History/vessels/pribilof_tenders.htm)

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-mveider_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-mveider_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-mveider_3-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-mveider_3-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-mveider_3-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-mveider_3-5) [***g***](#cite_ref-mveider_3-6) [***h***](#cite_ref-mveider_3-7) [***i***](#cite_ref-mveider_3-8) [***j***](#cite_ref-mveider_3-9) [***k***](#cite_ref-mveider_3-10) [***l***](#cite_ref-mveider_3-11) [***m***](#cite_ref-mveider_3-12) [***n***](#cite_ref-mveider_3-13) [***o***](#cite_ref-mveider_3-14) [***p***](#cite_ref-mveider_3-15) [***q***](#cite_ref-mveider_3-16) [***r***](#cite_ref-mveider_3-17) [***s***](#cite_ref-mveider_3-18) [***t***](#cite_ref-mveider_3-19) [***u***](#cite_ref-mveider_3-20) [***v***](#cite_ref-mveider_3-21) [***w***](#cite_ref-mveider_3-22) [***x***](#cite_ref-mveider_3-23) [***y***](#cite_ref-mveider_3-24) [***z***](#cite_ref-mveider_3-25) [***aa***](#cite_ref-mveider_3-26) [***ab***](#cite_ref-mveider_3-27) [***ac***](#cite_ref-mveider_3-28) [***ad***](#cite_ref-mveider_3-29) [***ae***](#cite_ref-mveider_3-30) [***af***](#cite_ref-mveider_3-31) [***ag***](#cite_ref-mveider_3-32) [***ah***](#cite_ref-mveider_3-33) [***ai***](#cite_ref-mveider_3-34) [***aj***](#cite_ref-mveider_3-35) [***ak***](#cite_ref-mveider_3-36) [***al***](#cite_ref-mveider_3-37) [***am***](#cite_ref-mveider_3-38) [***an***](#cite_ref-mveider_3-39) [***ao***](#cite_ref-mveider_3-40) [***ap***](#cite_ref-mveider_3-41) [***aq***](#cite_ref-mveider_3-42) [***ar***](#cite_ref-mveider_3-43) [***as***](#cite_ref-mveider_3-44) [***at***](#cite_ref-mveider_3-45) [***au***](#cite_ref-mveider_3-46) [***av***](#cite_ref-mveider_3-47) [***aw***](#cite_ref-mveider_3-48) [***ax***](#cite_ref-mveider_3-49) [***ay***](#cite_ref-mveider_3-50) [***az***](#cite_ref-mveider_3-51) [***ba***](#cite_ref-mveider_3-52) [***bb***](#cite_ref-mveider_3-53) [***bc***](#cite_ref-mveider_3-54) [***bd***](#cite_ref-mveider_3-55) [***be***](#cite_ref-mveider_3-56) [***bf***](#cite_ref-mveider_3-57) [***bg***](#cite_ref-mveider_3-58) [***bh***](#cite_ref-mveider_3-59) [***bi***](#cite_ref-mveider_3-60) [***bj***](#cite_ref-mveider_3-61) [***bk***](#cite_ref-mveider_3-62) [***bl***](#cite_ref-mveider_3-63) [***bm***](#cite_ref-mveider_3-64) [***bn***](#cite_ref-mveider_3-65) [afsc.noaa.gov AFSC Historical Corner: *Eider*, Pribilof Tender and Patrol Vessel Retrieved September 7, 2018](https://www.afsc.noaa.gov/History/vessels/boats/eider.htm)

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-ssroosevelt1906_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-ssroosevelt1906_4-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-ssroosevelt1906_4-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-ssroosevelt1906_4-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-ssroosevelt1906_4-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-ssroosevelt1906_4-5) [***g***](#cite_ref-ssroosevelt1906_4-6) [afsc.noaa.gov AFSC Historical Corner: *Roosevelt*, Bureau's First Pribilof Tender Retrieved September 8, 2018](https://www.afsc.noaa.gov/History/vessels/boats/roosevelt.htm)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [afsc.noaa.gov AFSC Historical Corner: *Penguin*, Pribilof Tender for 20 Years (1930-50) Retrieved September 7, 2018](https://www.afsc.noaa.gov/History/vessels/boats/penguin.htm)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Fisheries Historical Timeline: Historical Highlights 1930's"](http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/history/timeline/1930.html). *NOAA Fisheries Service: Northeast Fisheries Science Center*. [National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration](/source/National_Oceanic_and_Atmospheric_Administration) (NOAA). June 16, 2011. Retrieved September 11, 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Fisheries Historical Timeline: Historical Highlights 1940's"](http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/history/timeline/1940.html). *NOAA Fisheries Service: Northeast Fisheries Science Center*. [National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration](/source/National_Oceanic_and_Atmospheric_Administration) (NOAA). June 16, 2011. Retrieved September 11, 2017.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-navsourceyp198_8-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-navsourceyp198_8-1) [NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive YP-198 Retrieved September 9, 2018](http://www.navsource.net/archives/14/31198.htm)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** Bruhn, p. 74.

### Bibliography

- Bruhn, David D. *Battle Stars for the "Cactus Navy": America's Fishing Vessels and Yachts in World War II*. Berwyn Heights, Maryland: Heritage Books 2014. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-7884-5573-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7884-5573-5)

v t e Pribilof tenders Roosevelt Eider Penguin Dennis Winn Penguin II Pribilof

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1925 Shipwrecks 2 Jan: Mohawk 20 Jan: HMS Monarch 9 Feb: Tosa 21 Apr: O-2, Raifuku Maru 29 Apr: No. 2525 8 May: M.E. Norman 9 May: USCGC AB-3 4 Jun: Murakumo 21 Jul: Shirakumo 2 Sep: HMCS Armentières 25 Sep: USS S-51 4 Oct: S2 19 Oct: Flora 29 Oct: Ro-52 5 Nov: Paul 12 Nov: M1 16 Nov: Obotrita 1 Dec: Cotopaxi 15 Dec: USS Curlew 27 Dec: Cowichan Unknown date: USFS Merganser Other incidents 12 Jan: Ceramic 13 Jan: USS S-19 20 Jan: Archangel 29 Jan: USS S-48 25 Feb: USS Huron 27 Feb: Montlaurier 8 Apr: Pierre Chailley 14 Apr: Montlaurier 24 May: Lesbian 11 Jun: West Saginaw 12 Jun: Equity 19 Jul: West Cohas 7 Aug: Montrose 23 Aug: Talthybius 26 Aug: President Garfield August (unknown date}: Bari 12 Sep: Velasco 15 Sep: Flora 3 Oct: Magnetic 26 Oct: Blokshiv No. 1 October (unknown date): USS R-8, USS Widgeon November (unknown date): Cameronia Unknown date: Celtic, Eider 1924 1926

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1929 Shipwrecks 2 Jan: Malakoff 16 Jan: Hsin Wah 12 Feb: Alloway 19 Feb: Kanowna 22 Mar: I'm Alone 25 Mar: Muggia 29 Mar: Selje 26 May: Aleutian 9 Jul: HMS H47 17 Jul: USS General Alava 1 Aug: Asakaze 30 Aug: San Juan 7 Sep: Kuru 9 Sep: Andaste 11 Sep: Acielle 2 Oct: Commandant Bultinck 22 Oct: Milwaukee 29 Oct: Wisconsin 31 Oct: Senator 4 Nov: Gilbert San 29 Nov: Norwich City 7 Dec: Ägir 18 Dec: Fort Victoria Unknown date: San Antonio Other incidents 5 Jan: Siboney 20 Jan: President Garfield 29 Jan: City of Cairo 28 Feb: Liberty Glo 7 Mar: Thétis 10 Mar: Pengreep 22 Mar: USCGC Dexter 25 Mar: Germaine L D 26 Mar: Europa 28 Mar: Libia 30 Mar: Naïade 6 Apr USS Childs 7 Apr Paris 18 Apr Paris 27 Apr: Duchess of Richmond April (unknown date) Franconia 15 May: Irwell May (unknown date): Duke of Lancaster, Duke of Rothesay 9 Jul: HMS L12 11 Jul: I-55, Kinugasa 3 Aug: Medway Queen 9 Aug: Viceroy of India 20 Aug Paris September (unknown date): Binnendijk, Eider 5 Oct: NRP Adamastor 12 Oct: USFS Widgeon 13 Oct: Empress of Canada 19 Oct: Bowes Castle 20 Oct: USAT Liberty 6 Nov: Barbana G 13 Nov: Ro-63 22 Nov: Parizhskaya Kommuna 7 Dec: Aba 18 Dec: Algonquin 24 Dec: Roosevelt 1928 1930

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in October 1940 Shipwrecks 2 Oct: Berillo 3 Oct: HMS Lady of the Isles 4 Oct: HMS Rainbow 11 Oct: HMT Warwick Deeping 13 Oct: Foca 15 Oct: HMS Triad, Thistlegarth 17 Oct: Aenos, HMS Dundalk, Languedoc, Scoresby 18 Oct: Beatus, Creekirk, Durbo, Empire Miniver, Fiscus, HMS H49 19 Oct: Assyrian, HMCS Bras d'Or, Empire Brigade, Snefjeld, Soesterberg, HMS Venetia 20 Oct: Lafolè 22 Oct: HMCS Margaree 24 Oct: Adolf Vinnen 25 Oct: Blairspey 28 Oct: Empress of Britain, Malygin 30 Oct: HMS Sturdy, U-32 Other incidents 5 Oct: Melbourne Star 14 Oct: HMS Cheshire 16 Oct: HMS Ashanti, HMS Fame 17 Oct: Gasfire 18 Oct: Blairspey, Carsbreck 19 Oct: Blairspey 22 Oct: Port Fairy 24 Oct: Eider 27 Oct: Conister 1939 1940 1941 September 1940 November 1940

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