Day 1 
Ship got under about 1300 hours today Smithsonian Party 
Memberw aboard were, W. 0. Wirta, P. J. Gould, R.R. Fleet, P. Marshall, 
end M. Triv DDC Representative was J. Bushman. 
We cleared the mouth of the harbor about 1415 end saw our 
first bird then, 2 Brown Boobies fishing in the harbor nouth. The 
ship set her course west southwest out of Oahu end turned due west 
later in the afternoon. The weather was clear and hot with light 
winds, scattered clouds end no rain, at no time was the sun obscured 
by the clouds. Wind was predominantly from the southwest, sens were 
calm with low swells. The ship has verturelly no pitching movement 
and rolls less then 5 degress in this type of weather none of the 
party members are feeling sea sick. Bird watch was maintained this 
date from the time we cleared the habor mouth till 2200 hours. The 
moon is almost full now and the two spot lights we turned on this 
evening contributed very little additional illumination. I believe 
that it will be neccesary to use four people for these surveys porticu- 
arly if we ere to maintain a twent.yfour hour watch. We are using the 
forward hellow deck for observ j tions from this position two men can cover 
ark of about 330 degrees and I believe this is the maximum view from 
eny one point on the ship end altumituve would be to add a third on 
the- fen tail but three per watch is unfeasible.In addition to the port 
end sharbored mounted, flood light we tried this evening there are 
four floods on the aftermast which will be left on all night in hopes 
of attracting birds to the ship. The whale boat has been mounted in 
a ready position that is, taken off it*s s and hung over the 
sides presumably ready for use in collecting. The bridge has orders 
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