This article is about the fishery patrol vessel. For U.S. Navy ships, see USS Brant.
USFS Brant
USFS Brant in 1927
U.S. Bureau of Fisheries
Name
USFS Brant
Namesake
Brant, a species of goose of the genus Branta
Builder
Kruse & Banks, North Bend, Oregon
Launched
3 June 1926
Completed
1926
Commissioned
1926
Identification
WTDB[1]
Fate
Transferred to Fish and Wildlife Service 30 June 1940
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Name
US FWS Brant
Namesake
Previous name retained
Acquired
30 June 1940
Identification
FWS 523
Fate
Sold 1953
United States
Name
Brant
Namesake
Previous name retained
Owner
Foss Launch and Tug Company
Acquired
1953
Fate
Sold 1959
United States
Name
Brant
Namesake
Previous name retained
Owner
Joseph and Bernedee Rose
Acquired
1959
Fate
Burned and sank 8 May 1960
General characteristics (as BOF fishery patrol vessel)
Type
Fishery patrol vessel
Tonnage
166 GRT
67 NRT
Length
100 ft (30.5 m)
Beam
21 ft (6.4 m)
Draft
10 ft (3.0 m)
Installed power
1 x 14 hp (10 kW) Union gasoline engine; 110-volt type A4H 150-ampere hour Edison nickel-iron-alkaline storage battery
Propulsion
As built: 1 x 225 hp (168 kW) six-cylinder direct-reversible Union full diesel engine, one shaft, 3,600 US gallons (14,000 L; 3,000 imp gal) diesel fuel
ca. 1951: 1 x 240 hp (180 kW) Union diesel engine, one shaft, two auxiliary diesel engines, 4,000 US gallons (15,000 L; 3,300 imp gal) diesel fuel
Speed
As built: 9 to 10.5 knots (16.7 to 19.4 km/h) (average)
ca. 1951: 9 knots (17 km/h) (maximum)
Range
As built: 1,500 nautical miles (2,800 km; 1,700 mi)
Crew
9, plus 6 passengers
USFS Brant was an American fishery patrol vessel that operated in the waters of the Territory of Alaska and off Washington, California, and Mexico. She was part of the United States Bureau of Fisheries (BOF) fleet from 1926 to 1940. She then served as US FWS Brant (FWS 523) in the fleet of the Fish and Wildlife Service from 1940 to 1953. She then operated commercially until she sank in 1960.
^U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Navigation and Steamboat Inspection, Merchant Vessels of the United States (Including Yachts and Government Vessels), Year Ended June 30, 1933, Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, 1932, pp. 151, 1131.
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Global Information
U.S. Bureau of Fisheries
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
United States
