it was a relatively simple task to place the specimens desired by the Museum 
in the large cold storage compartments of the ship, and on arrival in port. 
to pack them with dry ice in wooden packing cases, suitably insulated, and 
ship them to Washington. The fish were unpacked there still hard frozen. 
When thawed out in tanks of tap water, they returned to practically the identi- 
cal fresh condition in which they had been placed in cold storage. Many of the 
fish still retained much of their original coloration, having apparently under- 
gone little or no change from the time they were brought aboard ship. This 
is but one of many instances in which a large ship with ample facilities of 
all kinds can render science inestimable service. 
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The HOUSTON is a full six hundred feet in length* Her full comple- 
ment totals over 700 men and officers* On this particular cruise, however, 
the crew numbered nearer oOO. Thus, at all times there was ample assistance 
at hand for whatever undertaking the day might bring forth. 
The ship has a top speed of 3 2 knots, which is something like 40 
miles an hour. However, at no time did she find it necessary to go above 26 
knots, about 30 miles an hour. The HOUSTON, moreover, has fully equipped 
shops equal to any emergency: machine shop, carpenter shop, electrical shop, 
sail maker, airplane mechanics, print shop, barber shop, and, of course, 
superlative medical service and hospital, with complete dental laboratory, 
clinic, and staff* Built to serve as fleet flagship, this cruiser has ample 
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accommodations for a number of guests, as well as convenient laboratory and 
storage facilities for my work* 
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It is not possible to make adequate acknowledgment to all aboard 
the HOUSTON who contributed in one way or another to make the expedition an 
unqualified success, from the Captain and Wardroom down through the whole 
ship s company* There are man,^ among the ship*s officers and personnel to 
