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The electrical system is 110- volt d.c. ; 140 kilowatts are provided by 3 diesel 

 motor-generator sets. The engineroom is htted with a small machine shop 

 containing a drill press, grinder, and lathe. The galley equipment includes an 

 oil-burning range, a 12-cubic-foot refrigerator, a coffee urn, and a drinliing 

 fountain. The room used for storage of bulk galley supplies is mechanically 

 refrigerated. 



The chartroom and wheelhouse are fitted with the most modern navigational 

 equipment. A partial list of the equipment follows : 



Radiotelephone, 75 watt Engineroom telegraph 



Sonic depth recorder Patent log 



Loran receiver Magnetic compass 



Underwater recording log Chronometers 



Gyro compass and repeaters Aneroid barometer 



Radio direction finder Searchlight 

 Electrotelemotor steering gear 



The fishing equipment consists of a large electric winch with a capacity of 600 

 fatlioms of %-inch wire on each drum, which permits operation in 200 fathoms 

 of water. The deck has been fitted out with the standard fishing arrangement of 

 bollards and gallows frames, which will permit the use of full-size trawling nets 

 with the speed and efiiciency of the lai'ge Boston trawlers. The fish hold is nec- 

 essarily small, because the space is required for other equipment and because 

 large storage capacity is not needed. It is divided into two sections. The first 

 is a standard hold fitted with pen boards for storing fish in ice. It has a capacity 

 of about 50,000 pounds of fresh fish. Forward of this section are two refriger- 

 ated compartments for freezing and holding fish. The smaller room, for quick 

 freezing, is capable of maintaining temperatures of 20° below zero. The 

 other room will hold temperatures at about zero. The whole fish hold is insu- 

 lated with sheet cork. 



The laboratories are located in the main deckhouse just aft of the fishing 

 winch. The wet laboratory opens onto both the port and starboard decks through 

 Dutch doors. It is fitted with a stainless steel sink in the center, suitable for 

 handling and examining fish. Two small sinks are located in the cabinets on the 

 outside bulkheads. These will be used for chemical and hydrographic work. 

 Adequate shelving, cupboard, and drawer space is provided throughout the labor- 

 atory for the storage of apparatus. The dry laboratory or library is located aft 

 of the wet laboratory. This room is provided with a large work table, chai-s, 

 bench, and shelves. It will be used as an office for scientists for the preliminary 

 study of the data collected at sea. 



Attached to the bridge deck just outside of the wet laboratory on either side 

 are the booms for the lowering of hydrographic apparatus. The winches for 

 these booms are located on the bridge deck. These booms feature a traveler to 

 which the lowering block is attached and which is used to regulate the distance 

 of the lowering wire from the rail. 



On the portside of the forecastle is the plankton room. This room will be 

 used to facilitate the handling and lowering of plankton nets used to capture 

 the minute animals and plants found in the water. It has a Dutch door and a 

 working platform built into the side of the ship, which is lowered when towing 

 nets. Directly over this door is the plankton boom used to make the plankton net 

 lowerings. It also has a traveler similar to the hydrographic booms. The plank- 

 ton winch is located in the trawling winch room, port side. 



The living quarters provide comfortable accommodations for the ship's per- 

 sonnel. The master's stateroom is located aft of the chartroom. The officers', 

 mates', and engineers' rooms are located aft of the engineroom on the main and 

 lower decks. The scientists have four staterooms located around the wa- droom 

 on the lower deck forward of the galley and crew's mess. A stateroom for the 

 steward and cook is located on the starboard side just forward of the crew's mess. 

 The crew's quarters are located in the forecastle lower deck. 



The operating crew of the Albatross III will consist of 21 men. These are as 

 follows : 



MASTER 



Deck : Engineroom : Commissary : 

 Chief officer Chief enginer Steward 



Second officer First assistant Cook 



Third officer Second assistant Messmen (2) 



Fishermen (6) Third assistant 



Ordinary seamen (3) 



