Mytilus (1943 to 1953)

In 1943 the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution purchased Mytilus from the Coastal and Island Waterways, which operated between Cape Ann and Sandy Hook, New Jersey. WHOI used Mytilus, named for a blue mussel, for local runs and meteorology. The vessel was sold in 1953 to John P. Gorman, Wickford, R.I.