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conducted by practical fishermen employed for the pm^pose. On Jmie 

 12 the Albatross was sent to Alaska on a tour of inspection by Dr. 

 E. Lester Jones, deputy commissioner, U. S. Bureau of Fisheries. 

 The halibut investigation in the meantime was continued from the 

 coast cities of Washington and Oregon by the naturalist, assistant, 

 fishery expert, and the temporarily employed fishermen. The ship re- 

 turned from Alaska on August 27, and from that time until the middle 

 of September the investigations off the coast of Washington and Oregon 

 were continued, after which the Albatross went to San Francisco. 



On July 1, 1915, the Albatross left San Francisco Bay for Seattle to 

 continue the halibut investigations oft" the coast of Washington and 

 Oregon started during the summer of 1914. This work was discon- 

 tinued September 9 on account of adverse weather conditions, the ship 

 returning to San Francisco Bay. 



From October 11, 1915, to April 4, 1916, the vessel was laid up in 

 San Francisco Bay for lack of funds for operation, being thoroughly 

 overhauled and repainted by the crew during the enforced delay. 

 From April 4 to November, 1916, she was engaged in an investigation 

 of the tuna fisheries off the coasts of southern and Lower California. 

 On May 2, 1917, she underwent repairs at Mare Island Navy Yard, 

 , and on their completion in November she was transferred to the Navy 

 for the period of the war. She continued in naval service, principally 

 in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, until June 23, 1919, when 

 she was returned to the Bureau. 



After being refitted at Baltimore for fisheries investigations, includ- 

 ing the installation of a new double winch, gallows, and other necessary 

 appliances for using otter trawls, she proceeded from the capes of the 

 Chesapeake on October 30, 1919, for oceanographic research under the 

 direction of W. W. Welsh, on the South Atlantic coast and in the Gulf 

 of Mexico, returning to Baltimore about the middle of December. On 

 February 16, 1920, she sailed for Boston to take up investigations in 

 the Gulf of Maine under the direction of Dr. H. B. Bigelow. In addi- 

 tion to the work in that region the vessel occupied several stations 

 between Cape Hemy and Cape Cod en route to Boston, and again on 

 her return to Baltimore, where she arrived May 20, 1920. 



F. M. Chamberlain, naturalist on the Albatross, was transferred 

 and appointed agent, Alaska salmon fisheries, on August 23, 1911. 

 L. M. Tongue, fishery expert, was transferred and appointed store- 

 keeper, St. Paul Island, Alaska, in September. He was replaced by 

 E. C. Johnston. Dr. F. B. Sumner was appointed naturalist on De- 

 cember 16, 1911 , and R. A. Coleman, captain's clerk, in January, 1912. 



Commander Guy H. Burrage, U. S. N., was detached from the 

 Albatross on May 25, 1912, leaving Lieut. L. B. Porterfield senior 

 officer on board. Lieut. Commander H. B. Soule, U. S. N., took 

 command on June 10, 1912, and remained until April 4, 1914. Waldo 

 L. Schmitt was appointed naturalist on December 13, 1913, Dr. F. B. 

 Sumner having resigned on October 31, and E. P. Rankin was 

 appointed assistant. On April 4, 1914, Lieut. L. B. Porterfield, 

 U. S. N., relieved Lieut. Commander H. B. Soule, U. S. N., as 

 commanding officer. 



The position of naturalist was made vacant by the resignation of 

 Waldo L. Schmitt on December 31, 1914. E. C. Johnston received 

 the appointment as naturalist on April 1, 1915, leaving the position 

 of fishery expert vacant. F. P. Shafer became fishery expert in 

 October, 1915. Lieut. L. B. Porterfield, U. S. N., was detached and 



