USFS Pelican
US FWS (ex-USFS) Pelican sometime between 1940 and 1958 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Fisheries | |
|---|---|
| Name | USFS Pelican |
| Namesake | Pelican, a genus of large water birds that make up the family Pelecanidae |
| Builder | Boat Harbor Marine Railway, Newport News, Virginia |
| Launched | 1930 |
| Completed | 1930 |
| Commissioned | 1930 |
| Decommissioned | 1933 |
| Recommissioned | 1937 |
| Identification | |
| Fate | Transferred to United States Fish and Wildlife Service 30 June 1940 |
| U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | |
| Name | US FWS Pelican |
| Namesake | Previous name retained |
| Acquired | 30 June 1940 |
| Fate | Loaned to Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife 1958 |
| United States | |
| Name | Pelican |
| Namesake | Previous name retained |
| Operator | Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife |
| Acquired | 1958 |
| Fate | Returned to National Marine Fisheries Service 1970 or 1971 |
| National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | |
| Name | NOAAS Pelican |
| Namesake | Previous name retained |
| Operator | National Marine Fisheries Service |
| Acquired | 1970 or 1971 |
| Fate | Sold 1972 |
| United States | |
| Name | Pelican |
| Namesake | Previous name retained |
| Owner |
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| Acquired | 1972 |
| Status | Extant 2018 |
| General characteristics (as fishery patrol vessel) | |
| Type | Fishery patrol vessel |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 78 ft (23.8 m) |
| Beam | 10 ft 3 in (3.1 m) |
| Draft | 5 ft (1.5 m) |
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USFS Pelican was an American fisheries science research ship and fishery patrol vessel that operated along the United States East Coast and the United States Gulf Coast and in the waters of the Territory of Alaska. She was part of the United States Bureau of Fisheries (BOF) fleet from 1930 to 1940. She then served as US FWS Pelican in the fleet of the Fish and Wildlife Service – which in 1956 became the United States Fish and Wildlife Service – from 1940 to 1958. She served as a fishery patrol vessel while on loan to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife from 1958 to 1970, then briefly returned to the Fish and Wildlife Service's successor agency, the National Marine Fisheries Service. Her United States Government service ended when she was sold into private hands in 1972, and she remained extant as of 2018.