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| Keywords: USS Bear (AG-29) Antarctica c1939.jpg The U S Navy survey ship USS Bear AG-29 pictured in Antarctic waters during operations with the U S Antarctic Service Note the aircraft on the ship <br> One of two ships that supported the 1933-1935 Byrd Antarctic Expedition Bear was built in Scotland in 1874 and purchased by the U S Navy ten years later specifically for use in the rescue of members of the Greeley expedition in the Arctic Along with another ship Thetis she rescued six survivors on 23 June 1884 Transferred to the Revenue Cutter Service later U S Coast Guard she served until 1929 making 34 voyages to Alaskan and Arctic waters She was sold to the City of Oakland California in 1929 for use as a museum After participating in the Byrd expedition of 1933-1935 during which she was known by the name Bear of Oakland the ship was repurchased by the Navy in 1939 Commissioned as Bear AG 29 she made two voyages to the Antarctic as part of the U S Antarctic Service and subsequently operated with the Northeast Greenland Patrol until decommisioned in 1944 NMNA http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/AdvQuery php U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Display php irn 16011366 QueryPage 2Femuwebdoncoms 2Fpages 2Fdoncoms 2FAdvQuery php 1985 131 036 between 1939 1940 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy Bear ship 1874 Black and white photographs | ||||
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