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OAS platform Detail for A. P. KNIGHT
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platforms_id: 821
Title:
Name: A. P. KNIGHT
ICES Code: 18AK
Callsign:
Countries: CANADA
Comments: Updated information from ICES for the platform A. P. KNIGHT from CANADA.

Code : 18AK
Name : A. P. KNIGHT
Flag : CANADA - CA (ISO Country Code)
Platform Class : 36 Fishing vessel
Commissioned Date : 1927
Decommissioned Date : 1974
Current Length : 23.5
Notes : WOD code 789. General-purpose fishing vessel. Acquired in 1927 by the Pacific biological Station, used on Canada's west coast mainly. Active until 1974 if not later. Had a hot surface stationary diesel engine taken out of an old power plant-1904 vintage-started up by lighting blow torches on the top. She also had a coal furnace, as gasoline engine for generating electricity, and a gas stove.

Additional Information Sources:
- http://www.nanaimoarchives.ca/index.php?p=1_45_Tully-Pacific-Oceanography
- http://waves-vagues.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/waves-vagues/search-recherche/display-afficher/73912
- http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/Library/89956.pdf

General Comments:
18AK has been on the ship code list since at least 1991.
Deprecated: false
Metadata version: 1
Keydate: 2003-03-25 00:00:00+00
Editdate: 2014-08-27 19:55:54+00