 USFS Eider in 1920.
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | MV Idaho |
| Namesake | Idaho |
| Builder | Nilson and Kelez, Seattle, Washington |
| Launched | 16 November 1913 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Sold to United States Bureau of Fisheries summer 1919 |
 U.S. Bureau of Fisheries | |
| Name | US FWS Eider |
| Namesake | Eider |
| Cost | US$26,000 |
| Acquired | Summer 1919 |
| Commissioned | 1919 |
| Homeport | Unalaska, Territory of Alaska |
| Fate | Transferred to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 30 June 1940 |
 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | |
| Name | US FWS Eider |
| Namesake | Previous name retained |
| Acquired | From U.S. Bureau of Fisheries 30 June 1940 |
| Fate | Transferred to United States Navy 1942 |
| Acquired | Transferred from U.S. Navy 1946 |
| Decommissioned | Late 1940s |
| Fate | Sold to U.S. Geological Survey January 1949 |
| United States Navy | |
| Name | USS YP-198 |
| Acquired | From Fish and Wildlife Service 1942 |
| Fate | Transferred to U.S. Coast Guard 29 May 1942 |
| Acquired | Transferred from U.S. Coast Guard 26 October 1945 |
| Stricken | 20 March 1946 |
| Fate | Transferred to Fish and Wildlife Service |
.png){kind=small} United States Coast Guard | |
| Name | USCGC YP-198 |
| Namesake | Previous name retained |
| Acquired | From U.S. Navy 29 May 1942 |
| Fate | Transferred to U.S. Navy 26 October 1945 |
| Notes | Operated as harbor fireboat |
 United States Geological Survey | |
| Name | MV Eider |
| Namesake | Previous name retained |
| Acquired | From Fish and Wildlife Service January 1949 |
| Out of service | October 1954 |
| Fate | Sold 1955 |
 Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands | |
| Name | MV Eider |
| Namesake | Previous name retained |
| Acquired | 1955 |
| Homeport | Marshall Islands |
| Fate | Sank |
| General characteristics (as civilian vessel) | |
| Type | Motor schooner |
| Tonnage |
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| Length | 88 ft (27 m) |
| Beam | 19 ft (5.8 m) |
| Draft | 9 ft 2 in (2.79 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed |
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| Range | 5,500 nautical miles (10,200 km) |
| Crew | 1919: 13 |
| Armament | 1919: 1 x 1-pounder gun |
| General characteristics (as U.S. Navy/U.S. Coast Guard vessel) | |
| Type |
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| Displacement | 152 tons |
| Length | 77 ft 3 in (23.55 m) |
| Notes | SOURCE: Bruhn, p. 281. |
USFS Eider was an American motor schooner in commission in the fleet of the United States Bureau of Fisheries from 1919 to 1940 and, as US FWS Eider, in the fleet of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from 1940 to 1942 and again in the late 1940s. She ran a passenger-cargo service between Unalaska and the Pribilof Islands, and also carried passengers, supplies, and provisions to destinations on the mainland of the Territory of Alaska and in the Aleutian Islands. She occasionally supported research activities in Alaskan waters and the North Pacific Ocean, and she conducted patrols to protect Alaskan fisheries and marine mammals. In 1924, she provided logistical support to the first aerial circumnavigation of the world.
Prior to her acquisition by the Bureau of Fisheries, the ship was the commercial fishing vessel MV Idaho. From 1942 to 1945, the ship served in the United States Coast Guard as the harbor fireboat YP-198 during World War II. After the end of her Fish and Wildlife Service career, she served in the United States Geological Survey from 1949 to 1954, and from 1955 she operated in the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.