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772:(NMFS). During 1972 and 1973, however, the ships of the National Ocean Survey and National Marine Fisheries Service, as well as those of the Environmental Research Laboratories, integrated to form a consolidated and unified NOAA fleet, operated by the National Ocean Survey's Office of Fleet Operations.
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in 1975, bringing the 58-year history of the operation of "Pribilof tenders" by the U.S. Bureau of
Fisheries (1917–1940), Fish and Wildlife Service (1940–1956), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Bureau of Commercial Fisheries (1956–1970), and NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service (1970–1975) to an
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remained active under the NMFS. For example, in 1973 – at which time she had a crew of 19 – she made five voyages between
Seattle and the Pribilof Islands, delivering provisions to the inhabitants of the islands and returning to Seattle with
756:. As part of the reorganization, the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries was abolished and its missions and assets were transferred from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to NOAA. At first, the major ships that were to constitute a new
608:(USFWS) after a 1956 reorganization – assumed these responsibilities when it replaced the Bureau of Fisheries in 1940. Since 1917, the Bureau of Fisheries and Fish and Wildlife Service had operated a "
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would result in the loss of essential services, including the end of her support to pelagic fur seal research, the loss of an ability to transport doctors. medicines, and patients to and from the
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768:(the Coast and Geodetic Survey's successor organization within NOAA), while former Bureau of Commercial Fisheries ships reported to the Bureau's successor within NOAA, the new
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and turn over her duties to chartered vessels as a means of saving the USFWS an estimated US$ 100,000 per year. A USFWS study of the idea concluded that the retirement of
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acquired her in 2004. As of 2013. Trident
Seafoods still owned and operated her, using her as a fish processor in the Bering Sea.
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and placed her in service in 1963 as the newest
Pribilof tender, basing her at Seattle and assigning her to support the USFWS's
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usually made three to four voyages to the
Pribilofs each year, and during visits to the islands she made shuttle trips between
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officials, teachers, students, and people involved in cultural and recreational exchanges. The ship remained in service.
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well-suited to the role of transporting passengers and cargo to and from the
Pribilofs and permanently removed
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in 1954. The U.S. Army placed her in service as the "refrigerated freight and supply" vessel
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Significant Events Retrieved August 23, 2018
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to the USFWS's Bureau of Commercial Fisheries (BCF). The BCF renamed the reactivated ship
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came to her assistance. and aided in the rescue of 37 survivors from
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188:Transferred to U.S.
992:"LIBERTY SHIPS - F"
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555:United States Army
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262:Seattle, Washington
65:United States Army
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543:New Orleans
529:during her
504:cargo ship
282:MMSI number
18:MV Pribilof
1157:1954 ships
1126:Categories
1103:Penguin II
998:5 November
994:. Mariners
874:References
797:mink farms
758:NOAA fleet
642:Penguin II
616:Penguin II
594:Bering Sea
584:and other
481:, and the
479:Washington
452:cargo ship
384:Propulsion
354:gross tons
343:cargo ship
273:IMO number
179:Washington
99:In service
1075:Roosevelt
791:, frozen
785:sealskins
730:Anchorage
657:starboard
547:Louisiana
326:1970–1975
303:Sold 1975
286:366619000
91:Completed
85:Louisiana
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938:Pribilof
862:See also
850:at sea.
840:Pribilof
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533:service.
500:was the
498:Pribilof
462:Pribilof
444:Pribilof
387:Two 700-
291:Callsign
259:Homeport
243:Acquired
235:Namesake
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360:Length
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308:Status
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815:end.
711:Oduna
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598:Aleut
582:foxes
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319:Notes
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744:NOAA
674:and
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