USFS Crane

USFS Crane

USFS Crane in 1929
History
U.S. Bureau of Fisheries
Name	USFS Crane
Namesake	Crane, a long-necked, long-legged bird of the family Gruidae in the order Gruiformes
Builder	J. C. Johnson Brothers, Port Blakely, Washington
Cost	US$60,000
Launched	19 April 1928
Completed	1928
Commissioned	April or May 1928
Identification	WTDC[1]
Fate	Transferred to United States Fish and Wildlife Service 30 June 1940
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Name	US FWS Crane
Namesake	Previous name retained
Acquired	30 June 1940
Fate	Transferred to Alaska Department of Fish and Game 11 April 1960
United States
Name	Crane
Namesake	Previous name retained
Owner	Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Acquired	11 April 1960
Fate	Sold November 1960
United States
Name	Crane Brapo Fishing 5 Belle Patricia Crane (since 1978)
Owner	Various private owners
Cost	US$12,000 (November 1960) US$25,000 (1971) US$190,000 (1978) US$159,000 (November 2003)
Identification	IMO number: 7051589 MMSI number: 367122990 Callsign: WDD3038
Status	Extant 2019
General characteristics (as BOF fishery patrol vessel)
Type	Fishery patrol vessel
Tonnage	134 GRT 94 NRT
Length	92 ft (28.0 m)
Beam	20 ft (6.1 m)
Draft	11.7 ft (3.6 m)
Propulsion	1 x 200 horsepower (150 kW) six-cylinder Washington direct-reversing Estep diesel engine
Speed	9.5 miles per hour (15.3 km/h)

USFS Crane was an American fishery patrol vessel that operated in the waters of the Territory of Alaska. She was in commission in the United States Bureau of Fisheries (BOF) fleet from 1928 to 1940. She then served as US FWS Crane in the fleet of the Fish and Wildlife Service from 1940 to 1960. After a brief stint in the fleet of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game during 1960, she was sold into private service, at various times named Crane, Brapo, Fishing 5, Belle, and Patricia during the 1960s and 1970s and then again Crane since 1978. She remained in service as of 2020.