USFS Murre information

USFS *Murre*
	USFS Auklet and USFS Murre, from Pacific Motor Boat, June 1917.
U.S. Bureau of Fisheries
Name	USFS Murre
Namesake	Murre, a seabird of the genus Uria
Builder	Elliott Bay Yacht and Engine Company, Seattle, Washington
Acquired	10 May 1917
Commissioned	Summer 1917
Identification	WTFE; ;
Fate	Transferred to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 30 June 1940
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Name	US FWS Murre
Namesake	Previous name retained
Acquired	From U.S. Bureau of Fisheries 30 June 1940
Fate	Transferred to U,S, Navy 1942
General characteristics
Type	Fishery patrol vessel
Tonnage	25 GRT; 17 NRT;
Length	48 ft (15 m)
Beam	12 ft 6 in (3.81 m)
Draft	5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)
Propulsion	As built: 25 hp (19 kW) Frisco Standard gasoline engine, 600 US gal (2,300 L) gasoline, plus small sails for emergency propulsion; By 1922: 40 hp (30 kW) Frisco Standard gasoline engine;
Speed	8.5 knots (16 km/h; 10 mph)
Range	3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi)
Crew	Three, plus two embarked fishery agents

USFS Murre was an American fishery patrol vessel that served in the waters of Southeast Alaska. She was in commission in the United States Bureau of Fisheries fleet from 1917 to 1940 and, as US FWS Murre in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service fleet from 1940 to 1942. Murre and her sister ship USFS Auklet were the first vessels ever constructed for fisheries enforcement duties in Alaska.

^ 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.

[1] 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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U.S. Bureau of Fisheries
USFS Auklet and USFS Murre, from Pacific Motor Boat, June 1917.
Name	USFS Murre
Namesake	Murre, a seabird of the genus Uria
Builder	Elliott Bay Yacht and Engine Company, Seattle, Washington
Acquired	10 May 1917
Commissioned	Summer 1917
Identification	WTFE^[1]
Fate	Transferred to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 30 June 1940
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Name	US FWS Murre
Namesake	Previous name retained
Acquired	From U.S. Bureau of Fisheries 30 June 1940
Fate	Transferred to U,S, Navy 1942
General characteristics
Type	Fishery patrol vessel
Tonnage	25 GRT 17 NRT
Length	48 ft (15 m)
Beam	12 ft 6 in (3.81 m)
Draft	5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)
Propulsion	As built: 25 hp (19 kW) Frisco Standard gasoline engine, 600 US gal (2,300 L) gasoline, plus small sails for emergency propulsion By 1922: 40 hp (30 kW) Frisco Standard gasoline engine
Speed	8.5 knots (16 km/h; 10 mph)
Range	3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi)
Crew	Three, plus two embarked fishery agents