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Balanus departing from WHOI dock for National Lead Co. project.

Balanus departing from WHOI dock for National Lead Co. project.
Balanus departing from WHOI dock for National Lead Co. project.
Balanus departing from WHOI dock for National Lead Co. project.
Balanus departing from WHOI dock for National Lead Co. project.
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Hahn, Jan
Balanus departing from WHOI dock for National Lead Co. project.
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01/01/1948
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Date is approximate; January 1948.
Image Of the Day caption:
This 75 foot-long shipone of the shortest in WHOIs historyled quite a diverse life. Balanus was constructed in the early 1940s in Winthrop, Mass., less than 100 miles from her future home in Woods Hole. After providing harbor transport during World War II under the name Little Sam, Balanus was acquired by WHOI in 1946 and was appropriately rechristened after a common genus of barnacles, which play a role in the troublesome biofouling of seagoing vessels. During the ship's stint at WHOI, Balanus made 26 cruises, primarily assisting in studies of coastal currents before being sold to a Maryland fisherman in 1950.
Photo by Jan Hahn
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Jan Hahn Collection, MC-74, acquired by the Data Library and Archives November 24, 1992. Date range of photographs, 1947-1972.
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