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Dimensions of vessel. — Length over all, 324 feet ; length at 12-foot 

 water line, 200 feet ; beam, molded, 27 feet 6 inches ; depth from top 

 of floors to top of deck beams, 16 feet 9 inches; displacement (on 

 12-foot draft), 1,000 tons; net register tonnage, 400. Scale of 

 model, one-half inch equals 1 foot. 



From the time she was built until the autumn of 1887 the Albatross 

 was engaged in deep-sea explorations along the Atlantic coast, from 

 the Caribbean Sea to the banks of Newfoundland. In the winter 

 of 1887-88 she cruised along the east coast of South America, passed 

 through the Strait of Magellan, and up the west coast to San Fran- 

 cisco. Since that time she has been engaged chiefly in explorations 

 in the Pacific and Bering Sea. 

 Deposited by the Bureau of Fisheries. 



Cat. No. 160,414 U.S.N.M. 



FIG. 3. U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES STEAMEK " ALBATROSS." 



Model of United States Bureau of Fisheries steamer. 



The steamer Fish Hawh was built for the United States Fish Com- 

 mission in 1880 by the Pusey & Jones Co., of Wilmington, Del. She 

 was designed by Charles W. Copeland, consulting engineer of the 

 United States Lighthouse Board, and was constructed for the com- 

 bined purposes of fish hatching and dredging. When hatching fish 

 it is necessar}'' at times for her to enter the shallow waters of rivers, 

 bays, and sounds along the coast. Therefore she has been given a 

 light draft, which makes her unsuitable for long sea trips. 



The Fish Hawk is a twin-screw propeller, rigged as a fore and 

 aft schooner with pole topmasts. Her hull below the main deck is of 

 iron, sheathed with yellow pine from 2^ to 3 inches thick, calked and 

 coppered. Above the main deck the structure is of wood. There is a 

 hurricane deck extending from stem to stern and from side to side. 



