﻿II 
  -REPORT 
  ON 
  THE 
  WORK 
  OF 
  THE 
  UNITED 
  STATES 
  FISH 
  

   COMMISSION 
  STEAMER 
  FISH 
  HAWK 
  FOR 
  THE 
  YEAR 
  ENDING 
  

   DECEMBER 
  31, 
  1885. 
  

  

  By 
  Lieut. 
  L. 
  W. 
  Piemieyer, 
  U. 
  S. 
  N., 
  Commanding. 
  

  

  [Abstract.] 
  

  

  Ou 
  January 
  1, 
  1885, 
  Lieut. 
  W. 
  M. 
  Wood, 
  U. 
  S. 
  N., 
  having 
  been 
  de- 
  

   tached 
  from 
  the 
  command 
  of 
  this 
  vessel, 
  I 
  assumed 
  command, 
  being 
  

   the 
  next 
  in 
  rank 
  in 
  the 
  naval 
  branch 
  of 
  the 
  service. 
  From 
  that 
  time 
  

   until 
  the 
  7th 
  of 
  that 
  month 
  I 
  caused 
  to 
  be 
  made 
  such 
  repairs 
  as 
  the 
  

   weather 
  would 
  permit, 
  and 
  made 
  preparations 
  for 
  shad-hatching 
  work 
  

   in 
  Florida. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  morning 
  of 
  the 
  7th, 
  at 
  7.40 
  o'clock, 
  the 
  river 
  being 
  compara- 
  

   tively 
  free 
  of 
  ice 
  and 
  the 
  weather 
  clear, 
  I 
  proceeded 
  down 
  the 
  Potomac 
  

   River 
  and 
  Chesapeake 
  Bay 
  to 
  Norfolk, 
  Va., 
  arriving 
  at 
  Norfolk 
  at 
  9.20 
  

   a. 
  m. 
  on 
  the 
  8th, 
  having 
  anchored 
  off 
  Fort 
  Monroe 
  during 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   night. 
  On 
  February 
  1st 
  I 
  received 
  orders 
  to 
  coal 
  at 
  the 
  Norfolk 
  navy- 
  

   yard, 
  and 
  ou 
  the 
  2d 
  steamed 
  to 
  the 
  navy-yard 
  and 
  filled 
  up 
  with 
  coal. 
  

  

  On 
  March 
  15 
  received 
  orders 
  from 
  Professor 
  Baird 
  to 
  proceed 
  to 
  

   Havre 
  de 
  Grace, 
  calling 
  at 
  Saint 
  Jerome 
  Station 
  for 
  a 
  scow 
  to 
  be 
  towed 
  

   up. 
  In 
  obedience 
  to 
  these 
  orders 
  I 
  got 
  under 
  way 
  on 
  the 
  morning 
  of 
  

   the 
  16th 
  and 
  proceeded 
  up 
  the 
  bay. 
  At 
  G.20 
  p. 
  m. 
  came 
  into 
  Potomac 
  

   lliver. 
  At 
  12.05 
  p. 
  m. 
  secured 
  scow 
  astern 
  of 
  ship, 
  hoisted 
  boats, 
  and 
  

   steamed 
  up 
  the 
  bay. 
  In 
  the 
  morning 
  of 
  the 
  next 
  day, 
  when 
  within 
  

   3 
  miles 
  of 
  Battery 
  Station, 
  found 
  the 
  ice 
  too 
  heavy 
  to 
  proceed, 
  and 
  

   anchored, 
  but, 
  finding 
  that 
  the 
  ice 
  was 
  drifting 
  the 
  vessel 
  ashore, 
  got 
  

   under 
  way 
  and 
  steamed 
  toward 
  Baltimore. 
  Arrived 
  at 
  Baltimore 
  and 
  

   secured 
  to 
  Hooper's 
  wharf, 
  where 
  I 
  repaired 
  damage 
  caused 
  by 
  the 
  ice, 
  

   and 
  awaited 
  the 
  disappearance 
  of 
  ice 
  from 
  about 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  Sus- 
  

   quehanna 
  Kiver. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  morning 
  of 
  the 
  2d 
  of 
  April 
  cast 
  off 
  from 
  the 
  wharf, 
  steamed 
  

   up 
  the 
  river, 
  took 
  in 
  tow 
  a 
  coal 
  schooner 
  with 
  40 
  tons 
  of 
  coal 
  for 
  the 
  

   station, 
  and 
  steamed 
  towards 
  Battery 
  Station. 
  Arrived 
  off 
  the 
  Battery 
  

   at 
  5.25 
  p. 
  m., 
  and 
  at 
  11.30 
  a. 
  m. 
  next 
  day 
  secured 
  to 
  wharf. 
  During 
  

   the 
  passage 
  up, 
  found 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  buoys 
  displaced 
  by 
  the 
  ice. 
  Ke- 
  

   mained 
  at 
  this 
  station 
  until 
  April 
  8. 
  During 
  this 
  time 
  the 
  crew 
  were 
  

   employed 
  in 
  dragging 
  the 
  seine-haul 
  and 
  clearing 
  it 
  of 
  obstructions. 
  

  

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