Appendix
Additional ships and vehicles owned or leased by WHOI
...including rafts, short-term charters, leases and vessels
not involved in research.
Name | Date | Notes |
Allure | 1952 | Donated by Barbara Whitney Peck, built by Hubert Johnson in 1947. Length: 45' |
Bird of Passage | 1979 | An ocean cruising motor sailer donated by WHOI Associate Percy Chubb III. |
David L. Belding | 1947-1954 | Purchased from Henry Klinm and used on shellfish propagation project I-62. |
Dodo | 1976-1977 | Length: 53' Beam: 15' Draft 4'10" |
Dot III | 1944-1945 | Chartered from Horatio D. Smith, the 64' long vessel was used in underwater explosives research. |
Euphasia | 1949-1950 | Raft |
Flax Pond | 1951 | Raft |
Gay Song | 1957 | The 34' vessel was built in 1946 by Seabrook Shipyard, designed by Henry A. Scheel. A contibution from Samuel A. Peck later sold to a private owner. |
Half Moon | 1963 | A 39.9' sport fishing boat donated by Mr. Gwynne and later sold to a private owner. |
Hammond Launch | 1956-1962 | |
Hazel III | 1951-1953 | Chartered from Robert Hempstead, a 40' work launch. |
Irmay | 1949-? | Previously named Imelda, used as a charter boat in Greece |
Junior | 1943 | Leased, for six months, from Herbert E. Mayhew. |
March Fox II | 1969 | Thomas R. Nelson contributed this 37' gas screw motorboat to WHOI in 1969. The boat was sold in 1970. |
Merganser | 1960-1963 | An 18' Cape Cod knockabout donated by Walter E. Garrey, a WHOI Associate. WHOI presented the vessel to the Woods Hole Yacht Club for sailing classes. |
Monkey | 1968-1969 | Donated by C. Snowden Richards, the convertible sedan cruiser was later sold to a private owner. Built in 1957 the vessel was 42' in length. |
Narragansett |
1966 | Chartered from the vessel's owner Captain Jack Jacobson in 1966. |
Nobska | 1962-1979 | Built in 1956 by Erford Burt, the 26' vessel was sold to a local owner. |
Northern Light | 1974 | Chartered for observations, acoustic studies and photographint whales and porpoises between Cape Cod and Sable Island. |
Rara Avis | 1960-1961 | Donated by Captain Paul Hammond. |
Seriola | 1963 | Owned by Frank Mather |
Sigma T | 1959-1960 | Donated by Robert D. Harrington and sold to a local owner. Built in 1953 by Egg Harbor Boat Co. the vessel was 29'5" long. |
Subsig II |
June 1976 | Leased from the Raytheon Corp. during June 1976 to escort R/V Lulu and to aid in the collection of specimens and to provide deep lowering of sampling equipment. |
Trough | 1955 | |
White Witch | 1955-1959 | Owned by Frank Mather |