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[1] [2] She was completed in 1939 as a wooden hulled tuna boat and christened the Yankee. [1] In 1942, soon after the attack on Pearl Harbor , the US government requisitioned 52 of the 79 tuna clippers (including the Yankee ) in the California fleet (49 by the U.S. Navy and 3 by the U.S. Army ). [ 3 ]
Following the attack on Pearl Harbor the United States Navy leased California-based tuna boats for the duration of the war or "until victory". [1] On 16 February 1942, San Diego Port Director Commander W.J. Morcott called a meeting of tuna skippers and crews at the Naval Reserve Armory telling the men "The Navy needs men to man the [clippers] – experienced men, like yourselves.
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She was laid down in 1937 at the Campbell Machine shipyard in Seattle, Washington [2] as a wooden hulled tuna boat and christened the Picoroto.In 1942, soon after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the US government requisitioned 52 of the 79 tuna clippers (including the Picoroto) in the California fleet (49 by the U.S. Navy and 3 by the U.S. Army). [3]
The vessel was built in 1961 by Ditmar-Donaldson in Costa Mesa as a personal fishing boat for Gilbert C. Van Camp III, [1] the CEO of the Van Camp Seafood Company and makers of "Chicken of the Sea" tuna. As a fishing boat, the Vantuna was configured for albacore fishing. The vessel held two large, 2,500-US-gallon (9,500 L) live bait tanks and a ...
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A Simon Lake design, G-2 was named Tuna when her keel was laid down on 20 October 1909 by Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News, Virginia (a contractor for Simon Lake). [3] She was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the tuna , a large, vigorous, spiny-finned fish highly esteemed for sport and food.
Battlefish is an American reality television show that follows the pursuits of several fishing boats as they search the Pacific Ocean for albacore tuna. [1] The eight-episode first season debuted on Netflix on September 21, 2018. [2] [3] The show is produced by Pilgrim Media Group. [4]