Steam tug "Blue Light" at Coast Guard dock in Little Harbor. This research vessel was assigned by the U.S. Navy to second secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, Spencer Fullerton Baird, for research activities for the United States Fish Commission.
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