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Tom Todd explains the Cisco's place in the Great Lakes research fleet, 2006

Also Tom Todd Cisco research fleet letter 2006

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TypeEvent
Date2006-01
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
2006-01
Kind
Observation
Eras
Modern era
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maritimeenvironmentsciencecommunication

Summary

In a January 2006 letter, USGS Great Lakes Science Center deputy director Tom Todd explained the Cisco’s place in the former Fish and Wildlife research fleet and described the current Great Lakes vessels, their home ports, and research roles.

Evidence limits

This is a source-specific explanatory letter, not a complete fleet registry or independent vessel-history survey.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, January 2006, "Letters: The Cisco."
    Tom Todd's letter describes the Cisco's place in the Fish and Wildlife research program, the USGS transfer, and the sizes and home ports of current Great Lakes research vessels. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2006-01_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the research-fleet letter.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2006-01_Beaver-Beacon

Added 7 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Tom Todd explains the Cisco's place in the Great Lakes research fleet, 2006”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-cisco-fleet-letter-2006/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 2006, "Letters: The Cisco." (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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