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1961. 
The USS Duval County, LST 758, assigned to U. S. Navy, Commander Hawaiian 
Sea' Frontier, visited Lisiangfr^i from 16 through 24- March 1961.- Personnel from 
the office of Coast and Geoaetlc'Curvey and Hydrographic Office, Washington, 
D. C. and the Army Map £?ei*Vice conducted a reconnaissance of the island and 
established first.order astronomic stations and HIRAN and Azimuth marks in 
connecJloiTwith the Hawaiian geodetic surv< 
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Scientific Visits 
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The first visit to Lisianski of scientific importance was that of Herr 
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C. Isenbeck, the German surgeon on the Russian exploring vessel Moller which 
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visited the island in late March 182 8 . Isenbeck reported his findings to 
Herr F. H. Von Kittlitz when the two met in Kamchatka several years later, 
and the latter published the information ( Kittlitz, 1834). An English 
translation of Kittlitz's paper appears in The Avifauna of Laysan and the 
Neighboring Islands (Rothschild, 1893-1900). Isenbeck found twelve species 
of birds, including a duck and a rail, which were apparently the Laysan Teal 
and Laysan Rail, according to his species descriptions. He also noted sea 
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turtles and seals. - 
The account of the wreck of the Holder Borden , Captain Jobish Pell, on 
Lisianski on 5 April 1841 , contains two points of scientific interest. Pell 
mentions flocks of wild ducks, which were easily tamed, perhaps a second 
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reference to the Laysan Teal on Lisianski. His account also includes a 
description of a swampy lagoon in the interior of the island, into which the 
highest tide occasionally flowed. ( The Polynesian , 12 October 184-4-). 
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