Fish and Wildlife Service Patrol Boat ALASKA.

Fish and Wildlife Service Patrol Boat SEAL iced down after one day's patrol on Hank Inlet.

Chartered Bureau of Commercial FisheriesShip BERTHA ANN. This ship was preparing to leave for an experimental high seas salmon gill-netting fishing expedition.

Fish and Wildlife Service Vessel BLACK BEAR at Petersburg, Alaska.

Fish and Wildlife Service Ship BLACK DOUGLAS. This vessel was used for CALCOFI cruises off California and Baja California.

Fish and Wildlife Service Ship BLACK DOUGLAS. This vessel was used for CALCOFI cruises off California and Baja California.

Fish and Wildlife Service Ship BLACK DOUGLAS. This vessel was used for CALCOFI cruises off California and Baja California.

A model of the BLACK DOUGLAS before conversion to a fisheries research vessel. This vessel was used for CALCOFI cruises off California and Baja California.

The Fish and Wildlife Service Patrol Boat BLUE WING near Craig on the Prince of Wales Island.

The Fish and Wildlife Service Patrol Boat BLUE WING near Craig on the Prince of Wales Island.

The Fish and Wildlife Service Vessel BLUE WING at Pascagoula, Mississippi.

The Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Research Vessel GEORGE M. BOWERS at Tampa, Florida.

The Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Research Vessel GEORGE M. BOWERS in shipyard.

The Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Research Vessel GEORGE M. BOWERS in shipyard.

Fish and Wildlife Service Patrol Vessel BROWN BEAR at Ketchikan, Alaska. Gary Banta, local agent, on the dock.

BROWN BEAR in front of Taku Glacier, Alaska.

Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife Service Vessel RACHEL CARSON

Fish and Wildlife Service Vessel CISCO. Operated exclusively on the Great Lakes for fisheries research.

Fish and Wildlife Service Vessel CRANE entering Gastineau Channel, Alaska.

Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Ship TOWNSEND CROMWELL underway.

Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Ship TOWNSEND CROMWELL underway.

Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Ship TOWNSEND CROMWELL. Note observation dome on bow.

The Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Ship DELAWARE II underway.

Stern view of the DELAWARE II while preparing for trawling operations.

The Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Ship DELAWARE II underway.

The old DELAWARE and the new DELAWARE II tied up side-side-side.

DELAWARE II trawling.

Launching of the MILLER FREEMAN at 11:30 A.M. on April 2, 1966.

Launching of the MILLER FREEMAN at 11:30 A.M. on April 2, 1966.

Launching of the MILLER FREEMAN at 11:30 A.M. on April 2, 1966.

Launching of the MILLER FREEMAN at 11:30 A.M. on April 2, 1966.

A brand new Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Ship MILLER FREEMAN posing for the camera on Lake Erie prior to heading down the St. Lawrence River.

Scientists and fishermen aboard the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Ship MILLER FREEMAN prepare to examine a trawl load of Bering Sea fish.

Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Vessel MILLER FREEMAN tied up at Dutch Harbor, Alaska.

King crab caught on MILLER FREEMAN. Average weight 6-8 pounds of which about 25 per cent is edible. The Bureau of Commercial Fisheries was instrumental in helping develop the King Crab industry.

Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Vessel GERONIMO. This vessel operated out of Galveston. In 1964 it was the first vessel to transmit oceanographic data via the communications satellite Syncom II to a shore

Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Vessel GERONIMO. This vessel operated out of Galveston. In 1964 it was the first vessel to transmit oceanographic data via the communications satellite Syncom II to a shore installation.

Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Vessel GERONIMO. This vessel operated out of Galveston. In 1964 it was the first vessel to transmit oceanographic data via the communications satellite Syncom II to a shore

Aerial view of CHARLES H. GILBERT underway off Honolulu.

CHARLES H. GILBERT to right, tied up in Honolulu.

Construction of the bow viewing chamber on the Fish and Wildlife Service Ship CHARLES H. GILBERT.

Finished bow viewing chamber on the Fish and Wildlife Service Ship CHARLES H. GILBERT.

Launching of the DAVID STARR JORDAN at Christy Shipyard.

Launching of the DAVID STARR JORDAN at Christy Shipyard.

Hull of DAVID STARR JORDAN following launching at Christy Shipyard.

Launching party of DAVID STARR JORDAN at Christy Shipyards. Bob Wolf of BCF in center of photo (tallest) and F. E. Carbine, Regional Director of BCF Great Lakes on far right.

Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Ship DAVID STARR JORDAN - the finished product.

Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Ship DAVID STARR JORDAN - the finished product.

Research vessel base near the mouth of the Kalamazoo River on Lake Michigan. Research vessels CISCO and KAHO tied up to pier.

Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Research Vessel KAHO operated on the Great Lakes.