at flank speed. Our quarters remain unbearably hot due to their 
proximity to the engine room. 
30 March 19 63 
There was no sun at all today, the sky remaining a leaden gray 
from dawn to dusk with a few scattered showers to break the monotony. 
The wind remained from the northeast but decreased somewhat in 
velocity. Bird records were even more scarce. A Red-tailed Tropic 
Bird at 0800; a White-tail at 15^0; a Christmas Island Shearwater 
and 3 hydrobatids. We have seen no Albatross to date. Tomorrow 
we should pull opposite to the big island of Hawaii in the morning 
and our ETA for Pearl Harbor is 0900 Monday. 
31 March 1963 
The weather today remained overcast and windy with scattered 
showers. The sea was the roughest we have encountered since leaving 
Midway and the ship pitched and rolled all day. The bird records, 
as was expected, increased today. We recorded several Christmas Inland 
and Wedgetailed Shearwaters and a few White-rumped Petrels; 1 Fairy 
Tern, several Sooty Terns; 1 White-tailed Tropic Bird in the morning 
and the first Albatross, a Black-foot, at l400 and only 1 individual 
of this species was noted around the ship until dark. An immature 
Booby was recorded at l6l5 and two more appeared at 1700 with an 
adult Red-footed Booby. After dark one immature sat on the forward 
mast and the adult tried to land. 
