US FWS Dennis Winn
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US FWS Dennis Winn was an American cargo liner in commission in the fleet of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service from 1948 to 1960. She frequently provided a passenger and cargo service to and from the Pribilof Islands, and also carried passengers and cargo to and between other communities and FWS stations in the Territory of Alaska. Prior to her fisheries service, she was the United States Army cargo ship U.S. Army Lt. Walter J. Will (FS-244).
United States Army | |
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Name | U.S. Army Lt. Walter J. Will (FS-244) |
Namesake | First Lieutenant Walter J. Will (1922–1945), World War II U.S. Army Medal of Honor recipient |
Builder | Northwestern Shipbuilding Company, Bellingham, Washington |
Completed | April 1944 |
Fate | Sold to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service November 1948 |
Notes | U.S. Army Design 342 Freight and Supply (FS). |
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | |
Name | US FWS Dennis Winn |
Namesake | Dennis Winn, U.S. Bureau of Fisheries agent and fisheries science pioneer in Alaska |
Acquired | From United States Army November 1948 |
Commissioned | Late 1948 |
Decommissioned | 1960 |
Homeport | Late 1950s: Juneau, Alaska |
Fate | Transferred to Alaska Department of Fish and Game 1960 |
United States | |
Name | MV Dennis Winn |
Namesake | Previous name retained |
Operator | Alaska Department of Fish and Game |
Acquired | From U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 1960 |
Fate | Sold spring 1961 |
United States | |
Name | MV Expansion |
Acquired | From Alaska Department of Fish and Game spring 1961 |
Fate | Sold November 1965 |
France | |
Name | MV Temehani |
Acquired | November 1965 |
Fate | Sank 1982 |
General characteristics as Fish and Wildlife Service cargo liner | |
Type | Cargo liner |
Tonnage | 540 Gross register tons |
Length | 148 ft (45 m) |
Propulsion | 875-hp (740-kw) Fairbanks-Morse diesel engine |
After her FWS service, Dennis Winn was the property of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game from 1960 to 1961 and then operated commercially in Alaska as MV Expansion from 1961 to 1965. Purchased by French interests in 1965, she operated thereafter under the French flag in the South Pacific Ocean as MV Temehani until she sank in 1982.