U.S.S. TAWAKONI (ATF-114) 
FLEET POST OFFICE 
SAN FRANCISCO. CALIFORNIA 
6 August 1963 
h\r» Fred C. Sibley 
Bird Division 
Smithsonian Institution 
Washington 25, D.C, 
Dear Mr. Sibleys 
Enclosed are the hourly positions recorded at sea* 
Thank you for the information in your letter. All 
should be ready for your return in October. The 
material you designated is now safely stored at Naval 
Supply Center, Pearl, and requires only a phone call 
for release. 
With five or six members riding in October and November, 
accommodations are bouind to suffer somewhat. Vie will 
have three chiefs on our departure and rate two more in 
November. We'll manage, though, if you advise them 
that living aboard will be "close". 
Sincerely yours. 
DCDR, USN 
Commanding 
