JUNEAU VIEWS
METAL FISHING
, CRAFT TODAY
Capt. A1 Weathers Brings
Newest Type Ship to
Port from Seattle
Juneau got its first look at an
electrically arc-welded, all-metal
hull, fishing vessel today when the
Al, Jr., berthed at the Juneau Cold
Storage Dock. Fishermen and "land
lubbers" alike crowded the wharf
all day to give Capt. Al Weathers'
new craft, which looks like a minia
ture Coast Guard Ship, the "once
over."
Capt. Weathers, who has been a
Juneau resident for more than 20
years, explained to an Empire*re
porter this afternoon that the Al,
Jr., is something new- in the way of
fish vessels.
The trim craft was ouilt in Se
attle this winter by Andrew B. Berg
of the Canal Ship and Drydock
Company, and is one of three such
vessels constructed this season by
that firm. Another is now at Sitka
and followed the Al, Jr., up the
•Inside Passage on her maiden voy
age. The Sitka craft is owned by
Capt. Ekhrol Hansen. Still another,
the Banner, is owned by Capt. Tom
Bravik and may come here soon.
These ships all are salmon trollers.
However, the first all-metal hull to
be built by the Seattle concern was
the C. S. F.. a 74-foot seiner now
being operated out of Cordova. It
was constructed a year ago.
‘‘Finest," Is Boast
Of the three trollers, the Al, Jr.,
is the most efficiently equipped for
living quarters and it is Capt.
Weathers' proud boast that "it is
the finest salmon troller in Alas
ka." Pacific Coast shipping publi
cations have given the Weathers'
vessel much publicity in articles
and pictures.
