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External Web Sources for more Seabird History

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Nav Source - a webpage with information and pictures of the New Bedford from 1944 to the present day Seabird Adventure

Probably the most detailed article about the New Bedford when it was used as a supply ship for the Texas Towers

A very large image gallery of the AKL-17 New Bedford (now The Seabird

A newspaper article from South Coast Today detailing the events that took place throughout the history of the New Bedford.

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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.

1945: Delivered to US Army.

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

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

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.

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

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

1994: Ceremony in New Bedford.

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

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

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.

2007: The Sea Bird was drydocked for renovations.

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

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