The AKL-17 Renamed The "Sea Bird"

Kris Land a San Diego Based Technology Entrepreneur "Sea Bird Adventure" has entered into a purchase agreement to purchase the Sea Bird. The Sea Bird is a commercial fishing vessel, originally created as an Army Ship.

A brief history of the Sea Bird is as follows:

1944 - Camano Class Light Cargo Ship Laid down for the US Army as FS-289 at Wheeler Shipbuilding, Whitestone, N.Y.

1945 - Delivered to the US Army

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

1961 - Placed out of service

1963 - Reclassified Miscellaneous Unclassified, (IX-308)

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

1995 - Struck from the Naval Register, April 4

1996 - Sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service, for commercial service, June 11

2006 - Current Disposition, tuna long liner (fishing boat) Sea Bird out of San Diego, CA

(Resupply Ship For The Texas Tower #2, #3 And #4)

The Sea Bird docked at San Diego Harbor The Sea Bird with the Coronado Bridge in the background Front View of the Sea Bird Side view of the Sea Bird Seagulls hovering over the Sea Bird Another side view of the Sea Bird A Seagull The life preserver Steps to the bridge Crew of the Greenpeace ship Esperanza visiting the Sea Bird The Sea Bird logo The Sea Bird logo close up Mooring lines The life boats The crane The scooner Ruder position indicator The propeller Crows nest Upper deck to lower deck stairs

	Pictures inside the Sea Bird
	Inside the bridge Bunk beds The bathroom The grill The kitchen sink The refrigerator The mess hall A hallway Anchoring diagram Life boat diagram Another life boat diagram Man overboad directions Mister Roberts movie poster Bridge equipment Bridge controls Radios One of the Sea Bird engines Another view of a Sea Bird engine One more shot of an engine Engineering to bridge communication center The Sea Bird floor plan Fire retardant system Water purification tanks View of the Midway from the Sea Bird

	Miscellaneous pictures of the Sea Bird
	Downtown San Diego The generator On deck control A ladder Outside view