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New Photos Added! We've added new photos of the Sea Bird at dry dock, pictures prior to clean up, and some pictures of the tesla turbine.Check out the new gallery
Kris Land a San Diego Based Technology Entrepreneur has entered into a purchase agreement to purchase the Sea Bird. The Sea Bird is a commercial fishing vessel, orginally created as an Army Ship. A brief history of the Sea Bird is as follows:
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2006 - Current Disposition, tuna long liner (fishing boat) Sea Bird out of San Diego, CA |
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1996 - Sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service, for commercial service, June 11 |
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1995 - Struck from the Naval Register, April 4 |
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1994 - Ceremony in New Bedford |
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1971 - New Bedford (IX-308) served as a Torpedo Test Firing Vessel in the Puget Sound area |
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1963 - Reclassified Miscellaneous Unclassified, (IX-308) |
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1955 to 1963 - Used as a cargo supply ship for the Texas Towers, a network of advanced radar stations located off the Eastern Seaboard. In 1957, Capt. Sixto Mangual was commander of the AKL-17 and in 1961 it was rechristened the USNS New Bedford. The New Bedford, sailing out of State Pier, was keeping vigil when Texas Tower No. 4 collapsed off the New Jersey coast during a January 1961 nor'easter.
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1954 - The movie, Mister Roberts, was made on the USNS New Bedford (T-AKL-17)
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1950 - Acquired by the US Navy, July 1 and placed in service as USNS New Bedford (T-AKL-17) |
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1945 - Delivered to the US Army |
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1944 - Camano Class Light Cargo Ship Laid down for the US Army as FS-289 at Wheeler Shipbuilding, Whitestone, N.Y. |
Links to more news, information, and pictures of the history of the Seabird / New Bedford
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Mr. Land is looking forward to furthering the history of the Sea Bird by doing a conversion to efficient propos ion technologies that will make the Sea Bird an eco-friendly model for Fishing fleets from CA to world wide. In addition to fishing, the Sea Bird will be used for learning, exploration and adventure.
 
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Education
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We expect education to take many forms on the Sea Bird adventure. Surely, seeing the world will in and of itself be one of the most enlightening educations of all. Other possible areas of education include marine biology, language, culture, conservation, mechanics, alternative propulsion, engineering (well drilling), video production (we want to document all this fun we'll be having) and web development (and we certainly want to get the word out). Students will be able to learn hands-on while traveling the world. We are currently seeking masters in these professions to help out on the Sea Bird Adventure, and have already secured a few. If you are interested in teaching or becoming a student on the Sea Bird, please contact us today or signup on our no-obligation interest form.
Because the cost of such an expedition is more than a bit, some students may not be in a financial position to participate without assistance. To ensure our journey is accessible to the whole swath of the socio-economic spectrum, we will be accepting donations for scholarships to college aged students that could otherwise not afford such an adventure. Please make a donation today.
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Many of us here in the United States take clean water for granted. Certainly, it is a great pleasure to turn on a hot shower to start off a long day and it is easy to come to expect such luxury. The fact is an estimated 1.1 billion people in the world do not have access to clean drinking water. This is more than one-sixth of the world population. Considering that a human will die within 3-4 days without water, this is a frightening fact indeed. People without access to clean water are constantly battling on the edge of survival, fighting disease, famine and thirst every hour. Forget not, that without clean water, food is difficult to grow. The solution to this problem is fairly simple. Those with the power to change the situation must take on the responsibility to do so. Fortunately there are few technical barriers to providing clean water to the entire population of the world. Drilling wells can provide people in even the most desert regions a source of water. Other long-term solutions, such as desalinization, can also be used that prevent the depletion of water tables. The Sea Bird Adventure intends to take matters into our hands - and yours - to give people a new lease on life by drilling wells in regions without access to clean water and experimenting with solar desalinization. You can do your part by making a donation today.