Bear
| Owner | Walter Gieve, Dundee 1884 U.S. Coast Guard 1914 U.S. Navy 1918 U.S. Coast Guard 1929 Maritime Museum |
| Ship type | 3-masted schooner ship |
| Home port | Dundee - San Francisco |
| Construction site | Alexander Stephen & Son |
| Year built | 1874 |
| Building materials | Three |
| Length, year of construction | 198,6 feet |
| Dimensions in width, year of construction | 29,9 feet |
| Dimensions in depth, year of construction | 20,9 feet |
| Tonnage | 1675 GRT |
| Machine, original | steam 300 hp |
| Machine, new | 1940 diesel introduced |
| Shipwrecked | Wrecked 19 March 1963 while being towed off Nova Scotia |
| Additional information | After 1929, it was on three expeditions for Richard Byrd to Antarctica, including 1939/40. 1940-45 War memorial, among other places, in East Greenland Took Buskø from Northwestern Greenland to Boston in September 1941. Took the crew of "Polaris" (I) from Hudson Strait/Resolution Island after the sinking in October 1942 « |
