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at Ketchikan and Seward for fuel, arriving at Unalaska on April 1. 

 Two days later it sailed for the Pribilof Islands, arriving there on the 

 4th with the first mail of the season. On this trip transportation was 

 furnished to a dentist and three carpenters from Seattle to St. Paul 

 Island. 



The Eider left the islands on April 5 with Dr. Wallace H. Carver 

 and family as passengers, transferring them to the Catherine D at 

 King Cove. From the 15th to the 25th the Eider called at various 

 native villages along the Alaska Peninsula, where investigations were 

 made of the available labor supply for the Pribilofs. The vessel 

 received from the S. S. Lakina at False Pass on April 25 passengers and 

 freight for the Pribilof Islands and left the same day, but on account 

 of heavy weather was forced to proceed to Unalaska. There two of 

 the passengers were transferred to the U. S. Coast Guard cutter 

 Chelan. The Eider left Unalaska on the 28th with the other passen- 

 gers and freight, returning to that port after landing them at the 

 islands. 



In May two trips were made to the islands with mail, passengers, 

 and miscellaneous freight. In June similar work was carried on 

 between Unalaska and near-by ports and the islands. Some inter- 

 island work was accomplished. 



In addition to the regular island service during July, the Eider ren- 

 dered assistance in connection with the annual seal computation. 

 On July 25 the vessel left St. Paul Island with employees and other 

 passengers to connect with an outgoing steamer at Akutan. 



During August and until September 7 the Eider was at the Pribilof 

 Islands while the annual supplies were being unloaded from the 

 U. S. S. Sirius. Because of extremely rough weather this work re- 

 quired a considerably longer time than usual. 



On September 8 the Eider was driven off her course in a heavy gale 

 and struck a reef on the north shore of St. George Island, thereby 

 being disabled for further service until repaired. The next day the 

 vessel was taken in tow by a United States Coast Guard cutter and 

 was tow^ed to Seattle, where it arrived on September 26. 



On October 9 the vessel was moved from Lake Union to the Ballard 

 Marine Ways, where repairs were made. The Eider returned to 

 Lake Union on October 26 and remained there through the remainder 

 of the year. 



During the year the Eider traveled under her own power 9,122 

 nautical miles, using 8,056 gallons of fuel while running. 



The Eider will be used hereafter in patrol work in the Alaska 

 fisheries service, its former duty in the fur-seal service being taken 

 over by the new power vessel Penguin. 



POWER VESSEL " PENGUIN " 



The new power vessel Penguin, which is to replace the Eider as 

 local tender for the Pribilof Islands, was launched from the w^ays of 

 the Ballard Marine Railway Co., Seattle, Wash., on January 8, 1930. 

 It is the largest of the bureau's Alaska vessels, being 130 feet in 

 length and 27 feet in breadth, with a molded depth of 17 feet 10 inches. 



The Penguin is of very substantial construction and is sheathed 

 for protection against the drifting ice so often encountered in Bering 

 Sea during the spring. In addition to ample quarters for officers and 



