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on her side, full of water. It was decided that a barge or scow was necessary 
to float the vessel, so the Algonquin proceeded to Cordova in search of one. 
A suitable scow, belonging to the Bering River Coal Co., was obtained, brought 
to the steamer Osprey, and hauled alongside her. On June 8 the Osprey was 
righted, floated, and made fast to a dolphin. The water was then bailed out 
of her. 
In April the /urre was seriously damaged by striking a rock in 
Keku Strait while engaged on census work for the Bureau of Educa- 
tion. She was towed to Wrangell by the Auvdlet and repaired at a 
cost of $1,623.87. 
The following statement shows the mileage made by the patrol 
boats owned by the Bureau in their cruises of 1920: Auklet, 7,616; 
Murre, 6,635; Osprey, 3,793; Swan, 3,067; Tern, 2,367; total mileage, 
93,478. In addition to the foregoing, extensive mileage was made by 
chartered patrol boats, especially the Dixie. 
NAVAL AND OTHER PUBLIC VESSELS. 
In March, 1920, a rather elaborate program was arranged between 
the Governor of Alaska and the Navy Department, Treasury Depart- 
ment, and the Department of Commerce, whereby certain vessels 
under the direction of each department were to participate in fisher 
patrol work in Alaska. The original order as approved by the heads 
of the three departments designated the following vessels to con- 
stitute a fleet for the protection of the fisheries of the Territory: 
Naval vessels: Hagle 57, submarine chaser Vo. 294, and submarine 
chaser Vo. 3509. (Subchaser Vo. 310 was detailed instead of No. 
309. 
Cask Guard vessels: Bothwell, Algonquin, Bear, Earp, and 
Unalga. 
Coast and Geodetic Survey vessels: Haplorer, Lydonia, Surveyor, 
and Wenonah, 
Eagle 57 and two subchasers, Vo. 294 and No. 310, were in Alaska 
during the summer months. The chasers reached Alaska in May 
and remained until the end of the fishing season. Subchaser Vo. 294, 
while commanded by Lieut. Thompson, United States Navy, made an 
energetic patrol of the district south of Petersburg, and did much to 
suppress trap robberies and illegal fishing generally. Subchaser 
No. 810 was similarly engaged in the district north of Petersburg, 
though much less actively. Hagle 57 struck a reef at Gambier Bay 
July 3, en route from Bremerton to Juneau, and lost her propeller. 
On July 4 the vessel was towed to Juneau by the H'xplorer and sev- 
eral weeks later was towed to the Puget Sound Navy Yard by a naval 
tug. Thus Hagle 57 performed no service in the interest of the 
fisheries of Alaska and was replaced on August 1 by the mine sweeper 
Swallow. 
The commanding officer aboard each of these naval vessels was 
authorized by the Secretary of Commerce, under date of April 23, 
1920, to make searches, arrests, and seizures in accordance with the 
provisions of the Alaska alien fisheries act of June 14, 1906. They, 
or other officers of the Navy assigned to this patrol, were also com- 
missioned as deputy United States marshals, and at least one officer 
was appointed a United States commissioner. 
The vessels of the Coast Guard were primarily in Alaskan waters 
to carry on the Bering Sea patrol for the protection of the fur-seal 
