Phyllis Cormack
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The Phyllis Cormack is a 25-meter[4] (82-foot) herring and halibut seine fishing boat,[5][6] displacing 99 tons and crewed by up to 12 people.[7] The wooden vessel was built in 1941 in Tacoma, Washington, by Marine View Boat Works.[lower-alpha 4]
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History | |
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Name | Phyllis Cormack |
Operator | John Cormack |
Port of registry | Canada[lower-alpha 1] |
Builder | Marine View Boat Works, Tacoma, Washington |
Completed | 1941 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Seine fishing |
Displacement | 99 tons |
Length | 25 m (82.0 ft) |
Height | over 30 ft (9.1 m)[lower-alpha 2] |
Propulsion | One Diesel engine[3] |
Sail plan | one sail[lower-alpha 3] |
Crew | 12 |
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The vessel was chartered in September 1971 by the Don't Make a Wave Committee to travel to Amchitka to protest against the planned nuclear tests there, and the passengers included Bob Hunter, Ben Metcalfe, John Cormack, Jim Bohlen, Patrick Moore and Terry A Simmons. Greenpeace calls this trip "our founding voyage."