INDEX 



Acona, research vessel (modified trawler) 162, 186, 



223 

 /4c?(0«, schooner 131, 136 



Active, schooner (formerly the schooner Clara) 1 1 

 Achusnet (WAGO 167) 223 

 Advance, brig 15,48,50 

 Aerojet-General Shipyard 203, 205 

 AG (SPAR) 214, 217 

 Agamemnon, H.M.S.. battleship 13,42 

 Agassiz, Alexander 18, 68, 78 

 Agassiz, research vessel (ex-Army "FS" vessel) see 



Alexander Agassiz 

 Agassiz, Jean Louis Randotphe 17, 18, 68 

 AGOR (UTILITY) Class 214,215 

 AGOR 3 Class 132, 161, 163 

 AGOR 14 Class 163 

 Alaminos, research vessel (ex-Army "FS" vessel) 



162, 183,226 

 Alaska, gunboat 17, 53 

 Albany, sloop-of-war 13,40 

 Albatross, steamer 19, 20, 72, 73, 85, 87 

 Albatross 11, fisheries research vessel (formerly the 



tu%. Pa tuxcnt) 87, 106, 131 

 Albatross III. fisheries research vessel (formerly the 



USCG patrol craft Bellefonte, and previously 



the Uiwlei Harvard) 131, 144 

 Albatross IV, fisheries research vessel 164, 208, 223 

 Albert I, Prince of Monaco 23 

 Albina Engine and Machine Works 186 

 Albina Marine Iron Works 126 

 Aleutian Islands Survey Expedition 88 

 Alexander Agassiz. research vessel (ex-Army "FS" 



vessel) 162, 191, 225 

 Allegheny (ATA 179) 131, 146, 225 

 Allegheny, steamer 13 



Alpha Helix, biological research ship 162, 187, 225 

 Alvin, submersible research vehicle 162, 175 

 American Philosophical Society 3, 4, 9, 11 

 American Revolution 3, 9 

 American Shipbuilding Company 149, 193, 204, 



208 

 America's Cup 84, 85 

 Amistad, slave ship 12 

 Ammunitions Products Corporation 9 1 

 "Antarctic Continent" 1 1 

 Antarctic Research Program 189, 190 

 Anton Bniiin, research vessel (formerly the 



presidential yacht Williamsburg, and 



previously the yacht ^ras) 162, 188 

 Arctic Expedition 19, 70 

 ARCTIC EXPLORA TIONS 



see Kane, Elisha Kent, U.S. Navy 

 Arctic, steamer (formerly the steamer Thomas C 



Haight) 15 

 Argo (AGOR 18) (formerly the salvage ship 



Snatch) 154, 155 

 Argus Island 179 

 Armistead Rust (AGS 9) (formerly the subchaser 



PCS 1404) 111, 118 



Army "FS" Vessel 182, 183, 184, 185, 191 

 Army "T" Boat 162, 177, 178, 179 

 "Around the World in Eighty Days" 105 

 Associated Shipbuilding Company 150 

 Atlantic Underwater Test and Evaluation Center 



(AUTEC) 132. 151 

 Atlantis I, research vessel (subsequently the El 



/li/sfra/ of Argentina) 87, 104, 131, 132 

 Atlantis U, research vessel 161, 163, 165, 226 

 A TEAS OF THE PA CIFIC OCEAN 

 see Krusentern (Russian Admiral) 

 Atomic Energy Commission 131, 154 

 Austin, S. P. and Son Ltd. (shipyard) 91 

 AUTEC 



see Atlantic Underwater Test and Evaluation 

 Center 

 Avondale Marine Ways Inc. (shipyard) 189 

 Bache, Alexander D. 12 

 Bache, George M., U.S. Navy 12, 23 

 Bache, steamer 18, 60, 85 

 Badassah. schooner 10, 31, 32 

 Baier, L. S. Company (shipyard) 186 

 Baird, Spencer Fullerton 14, 17. 18, 20, 59 

 Ballard Marine Railway Company (shipyard) 118, 



124 

 Barker, Albert S., U.S.JMavy 20, 74 

 Bartlett, Robert 114 

 Bartlett (T-AGOR 13) 161, 171, 222 

 Bath Iron Works (shipyard) 95, 188 

 Bathymetric chart (first) 13, 86, 102 

 Bear (AG 29) (subsequently the seaUng ship/4rcf;'c 



Sealer) 111, 115 

 Bear, research vessel (ex-coastal freighter) 131, 140 

 Belknap, George Eugene, U.S. Navy 18, 62 

 Bcnicia, sloop-of-war 17, 53 

 Bennett, James Gordon 70, 71 

 Bent, Silas, U.S. Navy 13, 14, 44 



THERMOMETRIC GA TEW A YS TO THE 

 POLE 44 

 Bent (TAGS 26) 



see Silas Bent (T-AGS 26) 

 Bermuda Biological Station 162 

 Bernhardt, Sarah 89 



Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation 101 

 Bethlehem Steel Corporation (shipyard) 201 

 Bibb, steamer 17, 57 

 Bikini Atoll 110, 131 

 Bingliam Oceanographic Laboratory 

 Birmingham, cruiser 85, 95 

 Black Tide 



see Kuroshio 

 Blake, George, U.S. Navy 10, 23 

 Blake, steamer 17, 18,58,78 

 Blish (AGS 10) 



sec John Blish (AGS 10) 

 Bluclight. tug 18,60 

 Blumer, J. and Co. (shipyard) 90 

 Board of Navy Commissioners 10 

 Boland Machine and Manufacturing Company 

 (shipyard) 17 1 



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