USSALBATROSS
USS Albatross
The second USS Albatross, often seen as USFC Albatross in scientific literature citations, was an iron-hulled, twin-screw steamer in the United States Navy and reputedly the first research vessel ever built especially for marine research.The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: USS Albatross (1882)
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