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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.
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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:
· 2006 - Current Disposition, tuna long liner (fishing boat) Sea Bird out of San Diego, CA
· 1996 - Sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service, for commercial service, June 11
· 1995 - Struck from the Naval Register, April 4
· 1994 - Ceremony in New Bedford
· 1971 - New Bedford (IX-308) served as a Torpedo Test Firing Vessel in the Puget Sound area
· 1963 - Reclassified Miscellaneous Unclassified, (IX-308)
· 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.
· 1954 - The movie, Mister Roberts, was made on the USNS New Bedford (T-AKL-17)
· 1950 - Acquired by the US Navy, July 1 and placed in service as USNS New Bedford (T-AKL-17)
· 1945 - Delivered to the US Army
· 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

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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Pictures outside the Sea Bird
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A mooring on the starboard side
A mooring on the starboard side		 Pulling the Sea Bird up against the dock
Pulling the Sea Bird up against the dock
Another picture of the mooring, Sea Bird, and dock
Another picture of the tiedown, Sea Bird, and dock		 A black-necked stilt on the Sea Bird
A black-necked stilt on the Sea Bird
Another picture of the bird
Another picture of the bird		 Looking down at the hatch to the bow thruster room
Looking down at the hatch to the bow thruster room
Another view looking down towards the bow thruster room
Another view looking down towards the bow thruster room		 Pallets and containers on the deck when the Sea Bird was first purchased
Pallets and containers on the deck when the Sea Bird was first purchased
The port side on deck control before the clean-up
The port side on deck control before the clean-up		 Another picture of the deck before the clean-up
Another picture of the deck before the clean-up
Looking up at the crow's nest
Looking up at the crow's nest		 A fishing skiff on board the Sea Bird
A fishing skiff on board the Sea Bird
Closer view of the fishing skiff
Closer view of the fishing skiff		 Another view of the crow's nest
Another view of the crow's nest
Coming down to the deck
Coming down to the deck		 Another picture of the descent
Another picture of the decent
The Sea Bird docked at G Street Mole in the San Diego Harbor
The Sea Bird docked at G Street Mole in the San Diego Harbor		 The Sea Bird with the Coronado Bridge in the background
The Sea Bird with the Coronado Bridge
in the background
Front View of the Sea Bird
Front View of the Sea Bird		 Side view of the Sea Bird
Side view of the Sea Bird
Seagulls hovering over the Sea Bird
Seagulls hovering over the Sea Bird		 Another side view of the Sea Bird
Another side view of the Sea Bird
A Seagull
A Seagull		 The life preserver
The life preserver
Steps to the bridge with the palm tree portrayed in the movie, Mister Roberts
Steps to the bridge with the palm tree portrayed in
the movie, Mister Roberts		 Captain of the Greenpeace ship Esperanza visiting the Sea Bird
Captain of the Greenpeace ship Esperanza
visiting the Sea Bird
The Sea Bird logo and web site
The Sea Bird logo and web site		 The Sea Bird logo close up
The Sea Bird logo close up
Mooring lines
Mooring lines		 The life boats
The life boats
The crane
The crane		 The captain's skiff
The Captain's skiff
Ruder position indicator
Ruder position indicator		 The propeller
The propeller
Deck with crane after the clean-up
Deck with crane after the clean-up 		Antennae tower
Antennae tower
Pallets on the deck before the clean-up
Pallets on the deck before the clean-up		 A refridgeration unit taken when the Seabird was first purchased
A refridgeration unit taken when the Seabird was first purchased		 Another view of a refridgeration unit before the clean-up
Another view of a refridgeration unit before the clean-up
On the forward peak with downtown behind
On the forward peak with downtown in background		 The gib mast, a loudspeaker, and nets
The gib mast, a loudspeaker, and nets		 Relaxing on the Sea Bird
Relaxing on the Sea Bird
Looking down an external hallway
Looking down an external hallway		 Entrance to the bridge
Entrance to the bridge		 A view of more containers on the deck before the clean-up
A view of more containers on the deck before the clean-up
Side of the bridge
Side of the bridge		 Relaxing on the Seabird
Relaxing on the Seabird		 Outside starboard controls and chair
Outside starboard controls and chair
Looking down along the port side
Looking down along the port side		 The longliner spool
The longliner spool		 Crows nest
Crows nest
Upper deck to lower deck stairs
Upper deck to lower deck stairs
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