CGC Mackinack, Mendota, and Owasco

Abstract

This item contains cruise data from three different Coast Guard Cutter vessels Mackinack (August 28, 1959 to December 26, 1963), Mendota (July 7, 1961 to May 8, 1963), and Owasco (April 16, 1960 to June 19, 1963). Data from the cruises covers plankton sampling in the North Atlantic Ocean near the mid-Altantic, New England United States, and Canada and near the Labrador Sea. The bulk of the collection consists of data sheets recording the following information: "opening and closing plankton tows", "Nansen bottles", ship and cruise no., station no., sample number, total no. samples, coordinates, date, local time, tow type, net in, net out, length of tow, wire angle at max depth, flowmeter reading, corrected depth range, flowmeter no., displacement vol., flowmeter calibration factor, corrected displ. vol., vol. H20 filtered, wire angle information, sky condition, sea condition, surface water temperature, BT slide data, BT temperatures, surface salinity, core no., comments (successful? If not why?), observer name.

Date Range

1959-1963

Start Date

Aug 28, 1959

End Date

Dec 26, 1963

Access Information

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Topic

• Marine Biology
• Plankton
• Invertebrates
• Marine biologists
• Marine biology

Place

• Labrador Sea
• Atlantic Ocean
• North Atlantic Ocean

Form/Genre

• Fieldbook record
• Field notes
• Logbooks

Accession #

SIA Acc. 09-008

Collection name

Allan W. H. Bé papers, circa 1953-1969

Physical Description

1 logbook

Physical Location

Smithsonian Institution Archives

Sublocation

Box 8 Folder 5