US FWS Dennis Winn
United States Army | |
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Name | U.S. Army Lt. Walter J. Will (FS-244) |
Namesake | recipient |
Builder | Northwestern Shipbuilding Company, Bellingham, Washington |
Completed | April 1944 |
Fate | Sold to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service November 1948 |
Notes | U.S. Army Design 342 Freight and Supply (FS). |
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | |
Name | US FWS Dennis Winn |
Namesake | U.S. Bureau of Fisheries agent and fisheries science pioneer in Alaska |
Acquired | From United States Army November 1948 |
Commissioned | Late 1948 |
Decommissioned | 1960 |
Homeport | Late 1950s: Juneau, Alaska |
Fate | Transferred to Alaska Department of Fish and Game 1960 |
United States | |
Name | MV Dennis Winn |
Namesake | Previous name retained |
Operator | Alaska Department of Fish and Game |
Acquired | From U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 1960 |
Fate | Sold spring 1961 |
United States | |
Name | MV Expansion |
Acquired | From Alaska Department of Fish and Game spring 1961 |
Fate | Sold November 1965 |
France | |
Name | MV Temehani |
Acquired | November 1965 |
Fate | Sank 1982 |
General characteristics as Fish and Wildlife Service cargo liner | |
Type | Cargo liner |
Tonnage | 540 Gross register tons |
Length | 148 ft (45 m) |
Propulsion | 875- |
US FWS Dennis Winn was an American cargo liner in commission in the fleet of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service from 1948 to 1960. She frequently provided a passenger and cargo service to and from the Pribilof Islands, and also carried passengers and cargo to and between other communities and FWS stations in the Territory of Alaska. Prior to her fisheries service, she was the United States Army cargo ship U.S. Army Lt. Walter J. Will (FS-244).
After her FWS service, Dennis Winn was the property of the
Construction and U.S. Army service
The
Fish and Wildlife Service
In November 1948, the United States Department of the Interior′s Fish and Wildlife Service obtained Lt. Walter J. Will from the U.S. Army and commissioned her asUS FWS Dennis Winn.[1] The Fish and Wildlife Service immediately placed her in service in the waters of the Territory of Alaska, where she replaced the FWS vessel MV Brown Bear in making regular voyages to and from Bristol Bay, transporting supplies and personnel.[1]
On 21 April 1910, the
In 1956, the Fish and Wildlife Service underwent a major reorganization in which it was renamed the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and a new Bureau of Commercial Fisheries (BCF) was created which operated the USFWS′s fleet of seagoing ships. Dennis Winn thus came under the control of the BCF. During the late 1950s, she was stationed at Juneau, Alaska, from which she operated in support of BCF management and biological research activities.[1]
Later career
In November 1965,
Footnotes
- ^ Martinolich Repair, San Francisco, California built 5, Northwestern Shipbuilding, Bellingham, Washington built 6 and Pacific Shipways, Anacortes, Washington built 4.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o AFSC Historical Corner: Dennis Winn, Auxiliary Pribilof Tender in the 1950s Retrieved September 10, 2018
- ^ AFSC Historical Corner: Brown Bear, Grizzly Bear & Black Bear - "Bear" Boats Retrieved September 14, 2018
- ^ a b AFSC Historical Corner: Penguin II, Pribilof Islands Tender (1950-64) Retrieved September 6, 2018
- ^ LCCN 87015514.
- ^ Jackson, Ramon (2007). "Army FP/FS Vessels". Retrieved 3 October 2020.
- ^ Colton, Tim (November 28, 2012). "U.S. Army Coastal Freighters (F, FS) Built During WWII". ShipbuildingHistory. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
- ^ a b Colton, Tim (January 20, 2015). "Northwestern Shipbuilding, South Bellingham WA". ShipbuildingHistory. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
- ^ a b c d AFSC Historical Corner: The Pribilof Islands Tender Vessels Retrieved September 4, 2018