EXPEDITION" TO DAVIS STRAIT AND BAFFIN" BAY 



were available being SAvimg in hammocks in the crew's mess room. 

 The enlisted men were distributed among the f olloAving ratings : 



Chief boatswain's mate 1 



Chief motor machinist's mates 2 



Boatswain's mate, first class 1 



Quartermaster, first class 1 



Radiomen, first class 2 



Motor machinist's mates, first class 2 



Yeoman, second class 1 



Motor machinist's mates, second class 2 



Pharmacist's mate, second class 1 



Seamen, first class 4 



Seamen, second class 6 



UNITED STATES COAST GUARD PATHOL BOAT :MA1U0X 



Figure 4. — The Marion departed from Boston, Mass., for Davis Strait and Baffin Bay 

 on July 11, 1928. When she left Sydney, Nova Scotia, the last port where regular 

 supplies could be obtained, she carried 78 drums of fuel oil and gasoline on deck in 

 addition to her full capacity of tanks below. She was equipped with spare parts for 

 practically every piece of machinery on board. 



NARRATIA^ OF THE EXPEDITION 



After leaving New London, Conn., on July 7, 1928, the Marion 

 called at Vineyard Haven, Mass., and Boston, Mass. Final j^repara- 

 tions for the cruise Avere made at the Boston Navy Yard during a 

 spell of extremely hot weather. At 6.30 p. m. July 11, 1928, the 

 Marion departed from the United States, heading toward Halifax, 

 Nova Scotia. Immediate relief from the heat Avas had upon leaving 

 Boston Harbor. On the foggy run eastAvard across the Gulf of 

 Maine all oceanographic equipment Avas tested and the personnel was 

 given practice and instruction in the special duties connected AA'ith 

 the expedition's Avork. 



Halifax Avas reached at 8.30 p. m. on July 13, 1928. Several Brit- 

 ish Admiralty charts and a few last items of equipment AA^ere pur- 

 chased on the folloAA ing day. A number of persons experienced in 

 the Avaters of the Canadian Arctic gave, on request, valuable advice 



