THIRTY-SEVENTH BIENNIAL REPORT 45 



The following resigned to engage in defense work : 



Assistant Wardens 



LeRoy Hage 4/ 3/42 



Robert Macklin 4/17/42 



P. Wenker 4/16/42 



P. Westcott 6/22/42 



Chris Loris 3/21/42 



Deckhands 



Paul Richmond 5/25/42 



Harry Ronch 6 /5/42 



Cooks 



Peter Nylund 2/10/42 



Byron Sylvester entered the service on March 26, 1941, and was 

 killed in an airplane accident shortly after his entrance into active 

 military duty. 



The M. V. "Bluefin" was placed back in service in December, 1940, 

 and a fine modern and efficient diesel-powered vessel was developed from 

 the ship damaged when she struck a reef off north Coronado Island on 

 November 12, 1939. 



The cruiser "Marlin" broke her moorings on the evening of 

 November 20, 1941, during a hea^'y gale at Avalon and was blown ashore 

 which resulted in a total loss, except for the engines and a few miscel- 

 laneous items of small hardware which were salvaged to be used on 

 other patrolboats as required. 



The patrolboat ''Aerial" was contracted for in April, 1942, to work 

 in place of the ' ' Marlin. " Due to war conditions, the building of a new 

 boat was not attempted at this time to replace the ' ' Marlin. ' ' 



The "Perch," formerly stationed at "Walnut Grove working the 

 Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers, was assigned to Antioch in Decem- 

 ber 1941. 



The "Shrapnel" was transferred from Lakeport to the Colorado 

 River after it was completely overhauled in the shipyards down south 

 and new engine installed. 



Since the declaration of war, the Navy has been very interested in 

 securing both our larger and smaller vessels either by outright purchase 

 or by charter. Negotiations for transferring this equipment are now 

 under way. 



Due to the Government freezing order affecting the tires on all 

 motorized transportation, which became effective early in the spring of 

 1942, a survey was made of all tires in the division and it was determined 

 upon completion of this survey that by restricting mileage, the Bureau 

 of Patrol could operate its fleet with the present tires for a period of 

 from 18 to 20 months, at which time it is possible that there will be some 

 relaxation in the present regulations. 



The record of arrests and fines and forfeitures for this biennium 

 has been one of the largest in the history of the department. A complete 

 summary and recapitulation of arrests and convictions will be found in 

 the appendix on page 88. 



