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sary In roplaco Iho ]);ifro| boat Alhncorr with a larircr and bettor vessel. 

 Therefore early in IICU) the eontraet wa.s let for such a vessel to the 

 San Dietro Mariiif Construction Company of San Dii^ro ;ni(l the lioat 

 was launeh«'(l on M;iy 'J4th. The m-w boat, christened liluefm, i.s of 

 heavy construction with frraccful lines and fine finish. She is 8G feet 

 in leiitrth over-all and SO feet on the water line. Tin; Ix'am is 18 feet 6 

 inches and the draft almut 7 feet f> inches. She is a single screw vessel, 

 powered with a 200-horsepower Diesel, Athis Imperial enfrine, and has 

 a speed of 12 knots. Her tanks liold enouL'h fuel for a cruise of over 

 4000 miles. The engine is entirely controlled from the pilot house. 

 The winches are electrically driven. She is manned by a crew of five 

 men, and Walter En<relke. formerly in charfje of the old Albncorc, has 



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been made captain. The boat is equipped with tanks of carbon dioxide 

 which will automatically flood the engine room in case of fire. The boat 

 is to be used not alone for patrol but for fisheries research, and one of 

 the special features is a double drum, electrically operated winch, 

 which carries 2400 fathoms of five-sixteenths-inch steel cable to be used 

 in oceanographic work in connection with fisheries research. The boat 

 is well equipped and has good accommodations for the crew and for the 

 scientific staff while aboard. The fairly large salon gives ample room 

 in which the research men can work and there is a small laboratory 

 with sink for the scientific supplies and for handling the material 

 gathered by the tow nets and water sampling apparatus. The cost of 

 the boat, including the double drum wdnch and cable, was $63,000. 

 Already the Bluefin has been active on patrol work and has enabled the 



