Written by Kris Land
Clean Water
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 that in 2006, 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.
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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.
