USFC Grampus information

	USFC Grampus off Massachusetts in 1902.
History
U.S. Fish Commission
Name	USFC Grampus
Namesake	Grampus, an alternative name for the orca
Builder	Robert Palmer & Sons, Noank, Connecticut
Launched	23 March 1886
Completed	5 June 1886
Commissioned	5 June 1886
Identification	1886–1900: GVQF; ; 1900–1903: GVQF; ;
Fate	To U.S. Bureau of Fisheries 1 July 1903
U.S. Bureau of Fisheries
Name	USFS Grampus
Namesake	Grampus, an alternative name for the orca
Acquired	1 July 1903
Identification	GVQF; ;
Fate	Sold 1918
General characteristics
Type	Fisheries research ship
Tonnage	83.30 net register tons
Displacement	484 tons
Length	90 ft (27.4 m) overall; 81 ft 6 in (24.8 m) waterline;
Beam	22 ft 9 in (6.9 m)
Draft	11 ft 6 in (3.5 m) (maximum)
Depth	11 ft 1 in (3.4 m)
Depth of hold	10 ft (3.0 m)
Propulsion	Sailing ship
Sail plan	Two-masted schooner rig
Boats & landing ; craft carried	1 x 33 ft (10.1 m) schooner-rigged seiner; 1 x 17 ft (5.2 m) sloop-rigged dinghy; 3 x 19 ft 4 in (5.9 m) dories; 3 x 13 ft (4.0 m) "live-cars" (see text);
Crew	8 plus other embarked personnel

An undated photograph of a pilot at the wheel of *Grampus*.

USFC Grampus was a fisheries research ship in commission in the fleet of the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, usually called the United States Fish Commission, from 1886 to 1903 and then as USFS Grampus in the fleet of its successor, the United States Bureau of Fisheries, until 1917. She was a schooner of revolutionary design in terms of speed and safety and influenced the construction of later commercial fishing schooners.^[4]

Grampus′s home ports were Woods Hole and Gloucester, Massachusetts. During her 31-year career, Grampus made significant contributions to the understanding of the mackerel fishery off the United States East Coast, Canada, and the British colony of Newfoundland. She also investigated the tilefish population, conducted fishery investigations in the Gulf of Mexico, and contributed to fish culture work in New England to propagate the mackerel, cod, and lobster.

^ Department of Commerce and Labor Bureau of Navigation, Forty-Third Annual List of Merchant Vessels of the United States With Official Numbers and Signal Letters and List of Vessels Belonging to the United States Government With Distinguishing Signals For the Year Ended June 30, 1911, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1911, p. 101.
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^ United States Civil Service Commission, Official register of the United States Containing a List of Officers and Employees in the Civil, Military, and Naval Service Together With a List of Vessels Belonging to the United States July 1, 1905, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1905, p. 1087.
^ NOAA History: Report On The Construction And Equipment Of The Schooner Grampus

[1] Department of Commerce and Labor Bureau of Navigation, Forty-Third Annual List of Merchant Vessels of the United States With Official Numbers and Signal Letters and List of Vessels Belonging to the United States Government With Distinguishing Signals For the Year Ended June 30, 1911, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1911, p. 101.

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[3] United States Civil Service Commission, Official register of the United States Containing a List of Officers and Employees in the Civil, Military, and Naval Service Together With a List of Vessels Belonging to the United States July 1, 1905, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1905, p. 1087.

[noaahistory-4] NOAA History: Report On The Construction And Equipment Of The Schooner Grampus

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History
USFC Grampus off Massachusetts in 1902.
U.S. Fish Commission
Name	USFC Grampus
Namesake	Grampus, an alternative name for the orca
Builder	Robert Palmer & Sons, Noank, Connecticut
Launched	23 March 1886
Completed	5 June 1886
Commissioned	5 June 1886
Identification	1886–1900: GVQF^[1] 1900–1903: GVQF
Fate	To U.S. Bureau of Fisheries 1 July 1903
U.S. Bureau of Fisheries
Name	USFS Grampus
Namesake	Grampus, an alternative name for the orca
Acquired	1 July 1903
Identification	GVQF
Fate	Sold 1918
General characteristics
Type	Fisheries research ship
Tonnage	83.30 net register tons
Displacement	484 tons
Length	90 ft (27.4 m) overall 81 ft 6 in (24.8 m) waterline
Beam	22 ft 9 in (6.9 m)
Draft	11 ft 6 in (3.5 m) (maximum)^[2]
Depth	11 ft 1 in (3.4 m)
Depth of hold	10 ft (3.0 m)^[2]
Propulsion	Sailing ship
Sail plan	Two-masted schooner rig
Boats & landing craft carried	1 x 33 ft (10.1 m) schooner-rigged seiner 1 x 17 ft (5.2 m) sloop-rigged dinghy 3 x 19 ft 4 in (5.9 m) dories 3 x 13 ft (4.0 m) "live-cars" (see text)
Crew	8^[3] plus other embarked personnel