BEAR 1951-1963

copyright - WHOI
Built: 1941-1942 by Herreshoff, Bristol, RI, as a coastal transport
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Capacity:		 103'
21'
10'
crew-14, science-10




Built during WWII as a troop carrier in the South Pacific, Bear was chartered by WHOI in 1951 and purchased in 1952. The vessel made 192 cruises in the western North Atlantic, venturing as far east as Bermuda. Bear made acoustic, bathymetric and seismic measurements, and participated in fish observations.

The vessel was sold in 1963 to a New Bedford fisherman and refitted as a scalloper.