USFS Blue Wing

USFS Blue Wing

USFS Blue Wing in 1925
United States
Name	August
Owner	Private ownership
Completed	1918
Fate	Sold to U.S. Bureau of Fisheries 1924
U.S. Bureau of Fisheries
Name	USFS Blue Wing
Namesake	Blue-winged teal[1] (Spatula discors), a dabbling duck in the family Anatidae
Acquired	1924
Commissioned	1924
Identification	WTDK[2]
Fate	Transferred to United States Fish and Wildlife Service 30 June 1940
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Name	US FWS Blue Wing
Namesake	Previous name retained
Acquired	30 June 1940
Fate	Sold during or after 1951
Status	Extant as of 1951
Notes	Renamed El Don after sale
General characteristics (as BOF fishery patrol vessel)
Type	Fishery patrol vessel
Tonnage	22 GRT 18 NRT
Length	49.6 ft (15.1 m)
Beam	12.5 ft (3.8 m)
Draft	5.7 ft (1.7 m)
Propulsion	As built: 1 × 50 hp (37 kW) Union engine Winter 1929–1930 or winter 1930–1931 (see text): 1 x 50 hp (37 kW) three-cylinder Standard gasoline engine

USFS Blue Wing was an American fishery patrol vessel that operated in the waters of the Territory of Alaska. She was part of the United States Bureau of Fisheries (BOF) fleet from 1924 to 1940. She then served as US FWS Blue Wing in the fleet of the Fish and Wildlife Service from 1940 until at least 1951. Before her United States Government service, she was the commercial purse seiner August. In private ownership after the conclusion of her U.S. Government career she was renamed El Don.