Laboratories: 

 Physical — 

 Chemical— 600 

 Biological— lAOO 

 Other- 

 Accommodations — 1,930 

 Electronics: 



Com m un ications — Northern transmitter-re- 

 ceiver (WZ 2003), 250 watt 

 Underwater sounders: 

 Echo sounding — Kelvin Hughes MS 29F, 

 MK 3, wet paper, 480 fm 

 Raytheon flasher type, DE 116, 110 

 fm 

 Echo ranging — 

 Radar— 2 Raytheon Pathfinder, Model 1500 

 Radio direction finders — Heathkit MR-21A 

 Position indicators — 

 Other— 

 LiFESAViNG Equipment: 



Boats — 14' Boston Whaler outboard 

 Inflatable rafts — 2 Switlik 4-man self-in- 

 flated 

 Other — Lighted ring buoys, life jackets, etc. 

 Deck Machinery: 



Winches — Marco Co. hydraulic trawl & 

 cargo, 550 m, %" galvanized - New 

 England Trawler Co. electric hydro- 

 graphic, 1,000 m, 5/32" stainless - 

 Markey hydraulic deck winch, 800 m, 

 1/32" stainless 

 Anchor tvindlass — Rowe Machine, %" cable, 



100 fm 

 Booms — Cargo and trawling, hydraulic top- 

 ping gear by Braden and Apex boom 

 cargo winch 

 Cranes — 

 Reels — 



Other — Braden hydraulic boom vanging 

 winches 

 Special Features: 

 Bo^v ])ositioner — 

 Freshwater makers — 



Cathodic protection — Zinc plates on rudders 

 Undenvater vieiving ports or lighting — 

 Other — Large open deck for carrying quan- 

 tities of scientific gear or freight 

 Operating Laboratory, Base, Region, or 

 Area: — Biological Laboratory, Auke 

 Bay, Alaska 

 History: 



Design: Built for U.S. Army to carry sup- 



plies to Aleutian Islands in WW H. 

 Military designation (BPS) 

 Name of designer — 

 Year designed — 

 Constniction: 



Name of builder — Maritime Shipyards, 



Seattle, Wash. 

 Year comjdeted — 1943 

 Conversion: 



Year converted (if applicable) — 

 Name of facility doing conversion — 

 Seakeeping Characteristics: 

 Performance: 



Pitch pe7-iod — Unavailable 

 Roll period — Unavailable 

 Comfort: 



Decks 7vet — Cargo deck wet in light sea 

 Hidl pound — In moderate sea 

 Motion easy — Snap roll 

 Special Remarks: — Vessel is used only in rel- 

 atively calm inside waters of south- 

 eastern Alaska. 



SABLEF/SH 



General Description : 



Capabilities — 



Hull style — Seine type 



Number of masts — 1 



Construction material — Wood 



Method of fabrication — 



Screw type: 



Number of blades — 3 

 Fixed pitch or CP — Fi.xed 

 Ma nufacture — Coolidge 

 Structural Parameters: 



Length: 



31 



