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Wolfgang H. Berger, Ph.D.

* Education
M.Sc. Geology 1963 University of Colorado, Boulder
Ph.D. Oceanography 1968 University of California, San Diego

* Appointments
1971-1974 Assistant Professor
of Oceanography SIO/
UC San Diego
1974-1980 Associate Professor
of Oceanography SIO/
UC San Diego
1980-2006 Professor
of Oceanography SIO/
UC San Diego
2006- Distinguished Professor SIO/
UC San Diego,
emeritus

* Honors
Bigelow Medal, Woods Hole 1979
Norwegian Research Fellow, 1980
Huntsman Medal, Bedford 1984
Lady Davis Fellow, Hebrew University, 1986
Humboldt Award, Bonn 1986
Ewing Medal, San Francisco, 1988
Prince Albert I Medal, Paris, 1991
Balzan Prize, Bern, 1993
Steinmann Medal, Bern, 1998
Foreign Member, Academia Europaea, 2001

* Professional Societies (past and/or present)
American Assoc. Adv. Science (Fellow)
American Geophysical Union (Fellow)
Geological Society of America (Fellow)
European Union of Geophysical Sciences; American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
National Association of Geology Teachers, Geologische Vereinigung.

* Books co-edited or co-authored
1982 (with J.C.Crowell, editors) Climate in Earth History. National Academy Press, Washington, D. C. 198 pp.

1987 (with L.Labeyrie, editors) Abrupt Climatic Change - Evidence and Implications. Reidel, Dordrecht

1989 (with V.S. Smetacek, G. Wefer, editors) Ocean Productivity - Present and Past. John Wiley, Chichester

1993 (with L.W. Kroenke, L.A. Mayer, et al.) Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, Leg 130 (Ontong Java Plateau), Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas

1995 (with E. Seibold) The Sea Floor - An Introduction to Marine Geology. 3rd ed. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg

1997 (with G. Wefer, G. Siedler, D. J. Webb, editors) The South Atlantic: Present and Past Circulation. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg

1998 (with G. Wefer, C. Richter, et al.) Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Initial Results, Leg 175 (Benguela Current), Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
2002 (with G. Wefer, K.E. Behre, E. Jansen, eds.) Climate Development and History of the North Atlantic Realm. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg. 2005 (H. Drange et al., eds.) The Nordic Seas: An Integrated Perspective. AGU Geophysical Monograph.

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1944: Camano Class Light Cargo Ship was laid down for the US Army as FS-289 at Wheeler Shipbuilding in Whitestone, NY.

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1945: Delivered to US Army.

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1950: Acquired by the US Navy on July 1, 1950 and placed in service as USNS New Bedford (T-AKL-17).

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1954: The movie, Mister Roberts, was made on the USNS New Bedford (T-AKL-17).

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1955 - 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 callapsed off the New Jersey coast during a January 1961 nor'easter.

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1963: Reclassified as Miscellaneous Unclassified (IX-308).

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1971: The New Bedford (IX-308) served as a Torpedo Test Firing Vessel in the Puget Sound area.

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1994: Ceremony in New Bedford.

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1995: The ship was struck from the Naval Register on April 4.

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2004: The Sea Bird's current disposition is a tuna long liner (fishing boat) out of San Diego, CA.

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2006: Design of the Tesla Turbine began on June 11, 2006. The Sea Bird was sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service for commercial service.

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2007: The Sea Bird was drydocked for renovations.

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2008: The Sea Bird setting sail to Sea-Tac in Seattle, WA.

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2009 - 2010: The Sea Bird is currently docked at Seattle Sea-Tac.

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