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US FWS Albatross IIIUnited States
NameSS Harvard
OwnerGeneral Seafoods Corporation
BuilderBath Iron Works, Bath, Maine
Completed1926
FateSold to U.S. Government 1939
US FWS Albatross III U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
NameUS FWS Albatross III
NamesakePredecessors USFC/USFS Albatross and USFS Albatross II
Acquired1939
FateTransferred to U.S. Coast Guard 1942
AcquiredTransferred from U.S. Coast Guard 1944
Commissioned19 March 1948
DecommissionedMarch 1959
FateSold November 1959
United States Coast Guard
NameUSCGC Bellefonte (WYP-373)
Acquired1942
Commissioned6 April 1944
Decommissioned22 August 1944
FateTransferred to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 1944
US FWS Albatross IIIPanama
NameMV Nyleve
OwnerEnos Shipping Corporation (1963)
FateWrecked 28 March 1969
General characteristics
(as fisheries research ship)
TypeFisheries research ship
Displacement525 tons
Length179 ft (55 m)
Beam24 ft (7.3 m)
Draft12 ft (3.7 m)
Installed powerThree diesel motor-generator sets, 140 kW of 110-volt DC power
PropulsionFairbanks-Morse seven-cylinder, 805-hp (600-kW) diesel engine
Range4,500 nm (8,333 km) cruising
Complement35 personnel: 21 (later 18) crew, 6 scientists, and accommodation for 8 additional personnel
General characteristics
(as Coast Guard patrol vessel)
TypePatrol vessel
Length179 ft (55 m)
Beam24 ft (7.3 m)
PropulsionFairbanks-Morse seven-cylinder, 805-hp (600-kW) diesel engine
Armament
  • 1 × 3-inch (76.2-mm) 50-caliber gun
  • 2 × 20 mm/80-caliber guns
  • 2 × depth charge projectors
  • 2 × depth charge tracks
  • 2 × Mousetrap

US FWS Albatross III was a fisheries research ship in commission in the United States Fish and Wildlife Service from 1948 to 1959. Prior to her Fish and Wildlife Service career, she operated as the commercial fishing trawler SS Harvard and briefly saw service during World War II as the United States Coast Guard patrol vessel USCGC Bellefonte (WYP-373), in commission from April to August 1944. She was wrecked in Cuba as Nyleve in 1969.

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