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MV Eider was an American motor schooner in commission in the fleet of the United States Bureau of Fisheries from 1919 to 1940 and in the fleet of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from 1940 to 1942 and again in the late 1940s. She ran a passenger-cargo service between Unalaska and the Pribilof Islands, and also carried passengers, supplies, and provisions to destinations on the mainland of the Territory of Alaska and in the Aleutian Islands. She occasionally supported research activities in Alaskan waters and the North Pacific Ocean, and she conducted patrols to protect Alaskan fisheries and marine mammals. In 1924, she provided logistical support to the first aerial circumnavigation of the world. Prior to her acquisition by the Bureau of Fisheries, the ship was the commercial fishing vessel MV Idaho. From 1942 to 1945, the ship served in the United States Coast Guard as the harbor fireboat YP-198 during World War II. After the end of her Fish and Wildlife Service career, she served in the United States Geological Survey from 1949 to 1954, and from 1955 she operated in the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.
References
- AFSC Historical Corner: The Pribilof Islands Tender Vessels Retrieved September 4, 2018 https://www.afsc.noaa.gov/History/vessels/pribilof_tenders.htm
- afsc.noaa.gov AFSC Historical Corner: Eider, Pribilof Tender and Patrol Vessel Retrieved September 7, 2018 https://www.afsc.noaa.gov/History/vessels/boats/eider.htm
- afsc.noaa.gov AFSC Historical Corner: Roosevelt, Bureau's First Pribilof Tender Retrieved September 8, 2018 https://www.afsc.noaa.gov/History/vessels/boats/roosevelt.htm
- afsc.noaa.gov AFSC Historical Corner: Penguin, Pribilof Tender for 20 Years (1930-50) Retrieved September 7, 2018 https://www.afsc.noaa.gov/History/vessels/boats/penguin.htm
- "Fisheries Historical Timeline: Historical Highlights 1930's". NOAA Fisheries Service: Northeast Fisheries Science Center. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). June 16, 2011. http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/history/timeline/1930.html.
- "Fisheries Historical Timeline: Historical Highlights 1940's". NOAA Fisheries Service: Northeast Fisheries Science Center. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). June 16, 2011. http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/history/timeline/1940.html.
- NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive YP-198 Retrieved September 9, 2018 http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/31198.htm
