USFC Phalarope
History | |
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United States | |
Name | Adelita |
Owner | Private ownership |
Completed | 1881 |
Homeport | Boston, Massachusetts |
Fate | Sold to U.S. Fish Commission 23 November 1899 |
U.S. Fish Commission | |
Name | USFC Phalarope |
Namesake | Scolopacidae |
Acquired | 23 November 1899 |
Commissioned | May 1900 |
Homeport | Woods Hole, Massachusetts |
Identification |
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Fate | To U.S. Bureau of Fisheries 1 July 1903 |
U.S. Bureau of Fisheries | |
Name | USFS Phalarope |
Namesake | Previous name retained |
Acquired | 1 July 1903 |
Homeport | Woods Hole, Massachusetts |
Identification | |
Fate | Transferred to U.S. Navy 19 May 1917 |
Acquired | Transferred from U.S. Navy 2 August 1919 |
Fate | Retired 1932–1933 (see text) |
United States Navy | |
Name | USS Phalarope |
Namesake | Previous name retained |
Acquired | 19 May 1917 |
Decommissioned | Late 1918 or in 1919 |
Homeport | Woods Hole, Massachusetts |
Fate | Transferred to U.S. Bureau of Fisheries 2 August 1919 |
General characteristics (as fisheries vessel) | |
Type | Fisheries research vessel |
Tonnage | |
Length | 82 ft (25.0 m) |
Beam | 16 ft 3 in (5.0 m) |
Depth | 7.4 ft (2.3 m) |
Propulsion | Steam engine |
Crew | 6[3] plus other embarked personnel |
General characteristics (as U.S. Navy vessel) | |
Type | Patrol vessel |
Displacement | 55 tons |
Length | 92 ft (28.0 m) |
Beam | 16 ft (4.9 m) |
Draft | 7 ft 8 in (2.3 m) |
Propulsion | Steam engine |
Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Crew | 10 |
Armament |
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USFC Phalarope was an American
Adelita.Service history
Early history
The vessel was constructed as the steam yacht Adelita in the East Boston section of Boston, Massachusetts, in 1881.[4] In private use, her home port was Boston.[5]
U.S. Fish Commission
Several years after the U.S. Fish Commission had identified a requirement for a large and seaworthy
In June 1903, Phalarope transported live lobster fry from the fish hatchery at the Fish Commission's Woods Hole station to the Rhode Island Commission of Inland Fisheries floating laboratory at Wickford, Rhode Island, which participated in Fish Commission experiments in breeding lobsters.[8]
U.S. Bureau of Fisheries (1903–1917)
By an Act of Congress of 14 February 1903, the U.S. Fish Commission became part of the newly created United States Department of Commerce and Labor and was reorganized as the United States Bureau of Fisheries, with both the transfer and the name change effective on 1 July 1903.[9] As USFS Phalarope, Phalarope became part of the Bureau of Fisheries fleet and continued her annual routine of supporting fish-culture activities at Woods Hole and Bryans Point.
During fiscal year 1904 (1 July 1903–30 June 1904), new copper tanks were installed aboard Phalarope and alterations were made to her engine room and cabin.[10] During the research seasons of both 1904 and 1905, she joined the Bureau of Fisheries research vessel USFS Fish Hawk in dredging the waters in the vicinity of Woods Hole as part of a biological survey of the area's marine life, contributing to an ultimate goal of compiling and cataloguing records of the distribution of all the fauna and flora of the region.[11] An accident in 1905 prevented Phalarope from completing her dredging operations in western Buzzards Bay that summer and delayed further dredging there until 1907, but Phalarope returned to the dredging operations, joining Fish Hawk and the launch Blue Wing in them in the summers of 1906, 1907, 1908, and 1909.[12]
By November 1912, Phalarope was involved in the autumn collection of cod eggs off Sagamore, Massachusetts, for the Woods Hole station.[13] In early 1913, she operated on the Potomac River to collect yellow perch eggs from commercial fishermen and transfer them to a scow anchored in Occoquan Bay on the river's Virginia shoreline that had been converted into a floating fish hatchery.[14] From late November 1913 to 9 January 1914, she again collected cod eggs off Sagamore.[15] In autumn 1914, the Bureau of Fisheries stationed her off Plymouth, Massachusetts, for the collection of cod eggs.[16] Each spring from 1915 through 1917, she operated on the Potomac River to assist in hatching American shad.[17][18][19]
The
The Navy assigned Phalarope to the
U.S. Bureau of Fisheries (1919–1930s)
Phalarope once again became USFS Phalarope. The Bureau of Fisheries reported to the United States Secretary of Commerce in 1919 that the Navy had returned her in good condition.[20]
Under an
Phalarope returned to her routine pre-war duties, supporting
During the summer and autumn of 1923, Phalarope made several cruises in
During the summer of 1924, Phalarope joined the Bureau of Fisheries steamer
A 1962 publication of the Bureau of Fisheries′ successor organization, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, described Phalarope′s typical working day at the Bureau's Woods Hole station during the 1920s as follows:
The working day at the Fisheries Laboratory usually started with a collecting trip to fish traps, or for dredging or taking plankton samples. The small coal-burning steamer Phalarope under the command of Capt[ain] R. N. Veeder, was used for this purpose. Fisheries biologists and M[arine] B[iological] L[aboratory] investigators interested in making a trip were welcome. A group desiring to get aboard usually gathered by 9:00 a.m. at the Fisheries dock. Many persons wanted to watch the dredging or seining and were not concerned with obtaining the material. Robert A. Goffin, collector for the Fisheries Laboratory, and two fish culturists formed the collecting crew.
With the exception of long trips, which sometimes lasted the whole day, the Phalarope would return about noontime, early enough for the participants to change and be ready for their luncheon, which was served by the MBL
mess hall sharply at 1:30 p.m. The collecting trip became so popular, especially when the weather was good, that the number of passengers on board had to be restricted to conform to safety regulations enforced by the United States Coast Guard. If something exciting happened during the trip, for instance the catch of a big shark or large moonfish, everybody would dash to one side of the vessel and cause a dangerous list. In later years, Capt[ain] Veeder refused to take more than 20 persons aboard.In addition to the material needed for research at the Fisheries and collected by the scientists themselves or under their supervision, the Phalarope brought live fishes for the aquarium, which was open to the public every day of the week.[31]
United States Department of Commerce records list Phalarope as being in the Bureau of Fisheries fleet as of 30 June 1932[32] but not as of 30 June 1933,[33] indicating that the Bureau retired her sometime during fiscal year 1933 (1 July 1932–30 June 1933).
References
Footnotes
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- ^ a b Department of Commerce and Labor Bureau of Navigation, Forty-Third Annual List of Merchant Vessels of the United States With Official Numbers and Signal Letters and List of Vessels Belonging to the United States Government With Distinguishing Signals For the Year Ended June 30, 1911, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1911, p. 101.
- ^ U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Navigation, Merchant Vessels of the United States (Including Yachts and Government Vessels), Year Ended June 30, 1932, Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, 1932, pp. 151, 1131.
- ^ United States Civil Service Commission, Official register of the United States Containing a List of Officers and Employees in the Civil, Military, and Naval Service Together With a List of Vessels Belonging to the United States July 1, 1905, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1905, p. 1087.
- ^ Thirty-Fourth Annual List of Merchant Vessels of the United States With the Official Numbers and Signal Letters Awarded Them By the Commissioner of Navigation, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1902, p. 435.
- ^ Eighteenth Annual List of Merchant Vessels of the United States With the Official Numbers and Signal Letters Awarded Them By the Commissioner of Navigation, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1886, p. 296
- ^ a b c Commissioner's Report 1900, p. 23.
- ^ Commissioner's Report 1901, p. 128.
- ^ Commissioner's Report 1903, p. 155.
- ^ "Fisheries Historical Timeline: Historical Highlights 1900s". NOAA Fisheries Service: Northeast Fisheries Science Center. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). June 16, 2011. Retrieved September 11, 2017.
- ^ Commissioner's Report 1904, p. 18.
- ^ Commissioner's Report 1904, p. 26.
- ^ Sumner, Francis B., Raymond C. Osburn, and Leon J. Cole, "A Biological Survey of Woods Hole and Vicinity," Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1913, pp. 55–56.
- ^ Commissioner's Report 1913, p. 20.
- ^ Commissioner's Report 1913, p. 21.
- ^ Commissioner's Report 1914, p. 56.
- ^ Commissioner's Report 1915, p. 26.
- ^ Commissioner's Report 1915, p. 76.
- ^ Commissioner's Report 1916, p. 112.
- ^ Commissioner's Report 1917, p. 102.
- ^ a b c Commissioner's Report 1919, p. 55.
- ^ a b c Commissioner's Report 1919, p. 13.
- ^ a b c NOAA Fisheries Alaska Fisheries Science Center "AFSC Historical Corner: Petrel and Merganser, World War I Boats"
- ^ Commissioner's Report 1919, pp. 13–14.
- ^ Commissioner's Report 1920, p. 64.
- ^ Commissioner's Report 1922, p. 49.
- ^ Commissioner's Report 1924, pp. 21–22.
- ^ Commissioner's Report 1924, p. 21.
- ^ Commissioner's Report 1924, p. 406.
- ^ Commissioner's Report 1925, p. xxxix.
- ^ Commissioner's Report 1925, p. 40.
- ^ Galtsoff, Paul S., The Story of the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Biological Laboratory Woods Hole, Massachusetts, Circular 145, Washington, D.C., May 25, 1962, p. 75.
- ^ U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Navigation, Merchant Vessels of the United States (Including Yachts and Government Vessels), Year Ended June 30, 1932, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1932, p. 1091.
- ^ U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Navigation and Steamboat Inspection, Merchant Vessels of the United States (Including Yachts and Government Vessels), Year Ended June 30, 1933, Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, 1932, pp. 151, 1131.
Bibliography
- United States Commission on Fish and Fisheries. Report of the Commissioner for the Year Ending June 30, 1899. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 1900.
- United States Commission on Fish and Fisheries. Report of the Commissioner for the Year Ending June 30, 1900. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 1901.
- United States Commission on Fish and Fisheries. Report of the Commissioner for the Year Ending June 30, 1903. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 1905.
- United States Commission on Fish and Fisheries. Report of the Bureau of Fisheries 1904. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 1905.
- Bureau of Fisheries. Report of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries for the Fiscal Year 1913 with Appendixes. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 1914.
- Bureau of Fisheries. Report of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries for the Fiscal Year 1914 with Appendixes. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 1915.
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- Bureau of Fisheries. Report of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries for the Fiscal Year 1916 with Appendixes. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 1917.
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- Bureau of Fisheries. Report of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries for the Fiscal Year 1918 with Appendixes. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 1920.
- Bureau of Fisheries. Report of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries for the Fiscal Year 1919 with Appendixes. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 1921.
- Bureau of Fisheries. Report of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries for the Fiscal Year 1920 with Appendixes. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 1921.
- Bureau of Fisheries. Report of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries for the Fiscal Year 1922 with Appendixes. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 1923.
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- Bureau of Fisheries. Report of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries for the Fiscal Year 1925 with Appendixes. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 1926.