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1963—At £ es * ' . 
August X 
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Ship got underway shout 1300 today. Smithsonian perty members 
ahoi rd were V. 0. 'irtz, P. J. Oould, F. F. Fleet, P. Marshall and M. 
Trevor. 3>TC rerresentative wan J. Bushman. r e cleared the mouth of the 
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harbor shout 1415 and saw our first birds then: two Sula leucoaraster 
fishing in the harbor mouth. The ship set her course WSW out of Oahu 
and turned due west later In the afternoon. The weather was clear and 
hot with ll*rht winds, scattered clouds, and no rein. At no tirrp wen 
the sun obscured by clouds. ^Ind was predominately from thr W* 
Seas were calm with low swells. 
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The sh'p has virtually no pitching movement and rolls less then 
5° in this type of weather. Hone of the party members are feeline' seasick. 
Bird watch was maintained this date from the time we cleared the harbor 
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mouth till 2200 hours. The moon is almost full now, and the two spotlights 
we turned on this evening contributed very little additional illumination. 
I believe that it will be necessary to use four people for these 
surveys, particularly if we are to maintain a 24 hour wstdh. We are 
using the forward helo deck for observations. From this position two 
men can cover an .arc of ?bout 330° and I believe this is the maximum 
view from any one point on the ship. An alternative would be to add 
a man on the fentail but three men per watch is unfeasible. 
In a dition to the port and starboard mounted floodlights we tried 
this evening there are four floods on the after mast which will be left on 
all ni^ht in hopes of attracting birds to the ship. The inhale boat has 
been mounted in a ready position; that is taken off its davits and hung 
