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U. S. Bureau of Fisheries vessel Grampus.

U. S. Bureau of Fisheries vessel Grampus.
U. S. Bureau of Fisheries vessel Grampus.
U. S. Bureau of Fisheries vessel Grampus.
U. S. Bureau of Fisheries vessel Grampus.
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U. S. Bureau of Fisheries vessel Grampus.
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01/01/1912
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Before Henry Bryant Bigelow became WHOI's founding director in 1930, the pioneering oceanographer and marine biologist conducted research aboard the U.S. Fish Commission vessel Grampus. Named for a large dolphin, Grampus was a wooden, two-masted sailboat built to collect live fish and to serve as a model of an improved fishing schooner. While using the vessel for surveys in the Gulf of Maine, Bigelow found that it was not sufficiently stable for oceanographic work, and its small hoisting engine could not handle the necessary heavy equipment. He later applied his experiences and challenges with Grampus to the design of WHOI's first research vessel, Atlantis.
Caption from Down to the Sea for Science, pg. 7:
Named for a large dolphin, Grampus was built in 1886 to collect live fish and to exemplify an improved fishing schooner. While using the boat for surveys in the Gulf of Maine, Henry Bigelow found that it was not sufficiently stable for oceanographic work, and it's small hoisting engine could not handle heavy equipment. He applied his experience with Grampus to the design of WHOI's first research vessel, Atlantis.
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