45° 00' N. The foUowang day the eastern slope of the Banks was 

 scouted. On April 3 small bergs, growlers, and field ice were located 

 in latitude 45° 00' N., longitude 48° 00' W. The General Greene 

 scouted to the eastward from this ice to longitude 46° 10' W. As the 

 regular ice patrol vessel arrived in the area on this date, the rest of the 

 cruise of the General Greene was spent taking oceanographic stations. 

 The General Greene returned to St. John's on April 8, 1932. 



FIRST CRUISE, "TAMPA," APRIL 1 TO APRIL 18, 1932 



The Tampa sailed from Boston at 9 a. m. April 1 to inaugurate the 

 1932 international ice patrol. Just outside Boston Harbor the radio 

 compass was compensated and the ship swung to determine the 

 deviation of the magnetic compasses. Then the Tampa was headed 

 for the turning point of the B track to begin her scouting for ice. 

 On the evening of the 2d the regular ice broadcasts were started and 

 all ships crossing the ice regions were asked to report to the ice-patrol 

 vessel all ice sighted, their position, course, speed, and sea-water 

 temperature every four hours. 



Fog and low visibility were encountered on April 4 and 5. On 

 April 5 the steamship Thulmug was jammed tight in the ice 200 miles, 

 85° from Cape Race. In reply to her message asking for advice she 

 was told that a change in wind and weather would probabl}^ form a 

 lead to open water soon and when free to head south. The Thuhaug 

 remained icebound until the morning of April 7. On the 6th scouting 

 to the north and east was begun just south of the Grand Banks. On 

 this date the southernmost ice was a berg in 44° 01' N., 49° 26' W., 

 evidently grounded in 26 fathoms of water. This was the only 

 known ice south of latitude 45° 20' N. 



Dense fog proliibited the search for ice on April 7 and 8. On 

 April 9 fog lifted at 9 a. m. and a large growler was sighted about 5 

 miles south-southeast from where we were drifting in 44° 30' N., 

 49° 46' W. From the growler the Tampa was headed eastward for 

 deep water, for several hours passing through foggy patches. At 3 in 

 the afternoon stopped and drifted in dense fog which lasted until the 

 morning of April 11. During the 11th the Tampa ran through 

 alternate clear and fogg}" patches. 



April 12, with visibility of 10 miles, the ice-patrol vessel searched 

 to north and east from 44° 08' N., 48° 50' W., to 45° 20' N., 48° 00' W. 

 No ice was sighted in this area. On April 13 a search was made to 

 the southward along the eastern slope of the Grand Banks. The 

 14th and 15th, the Tampa drifted in a dense fog. 



April 16 was spent in proceeding at slow speed in dense fog toward 

 a rendezvous with Pontchartrain. A southerly gale sprang up mean- 

 while, which forced the Tampa to steam farther to the westward than 

 originally intended. Contact was finally made in 42° 15' N., 54° 



