MY Farley Mowat
{{Short description|Ship owned by the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society}}
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| display title = MY Farley Mowat }} {{Infobox ship image | Ship image = MY Farley Mowat at Dock.jpg | Ship caption = Farley Mowat at dock }} {{Infobox ship career | Ship header = | Ship name = Pea Island | Ship namesake = Pea Island | Ship country = United States | Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|United States|coast guard}} | Ship owner = United States Coast Guard | Ship registry = | Ship builder = Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana | Ship yard number = 229{{cite web|url=http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/large/bollinger2.htm|title=Bollinger Shipyards|website=Shipbuilding History|accessdate=30 September 2021}} | Ship laid down = | Ship launched = | Ship acquired = 25 October 1991 | Ship identification = Hull number: WPB-1347 | Ship fate = Transferred to Sea Shepherd Conservation Society }} {{Infobox ship career | Ship header = title | Ship country = | Ship name = Farley Mowat | Ship owner = Sea Shepherd Conservation Society | Ship registry = | Ship homeport = | Ship identification=*Call sign: J7AL5
| Ship acquired = January 2015 | Ship in service = 2015 | Ship out of service = | Ship status = Ship in active service | Ship fate = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Ship type = {{sclass2|Island|patrol boat}} | Ship displacement = 168 tons | Ship length = {{convert|110|ft|m|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|21|ft|m|abbr=on}} | Ship height = | Ship draft = {{convert|6.5|ft|m|abbr=on}} | Ship capacity = | Ship power = | Ship propulsion = 2 Paxman Valenta or Caterpillar diesels | Ship speed = {{convert|30|kn|lk=in}} | Ship range = 3,300 miles | Ship endurance = 5 days | Ship crew = }} |
MY Farley Mowat (formerly USCGC Pea Island (WPB-1347)) is a cutter owned and operated by the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. She is being used in their direct action campaigns against whaling and against illegal fisheries activities.
In January 2015, Sea Shepherd purchased two decommissioned Island Class patrol boat from the United States Coast Guard, capable of a top speed of {{convert|30|kn|lk=in}}. They were USCGC Block Island and USCGC Pea Island, and were renamed {{MY|Jules Verne}} and MY Farley Mowat, respectively.{{cite web|url=http://www.seashepherdglobal.org/news-and-commentary/news/sea-shepherd-welcomes-the-farley-mowat-and-the-jules-verne-to-its-fleet.html|title=Sea Shepherd Welcomes the Farley Mowat and the Jules Verne to its Fleet|publisher=Sea Shepherd Global|date=June 2, 2015|accessdate=June 10, 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150611021104/https://www.seashepherdglobal.org/news-and-commentary/news/sea-shepherd-welcomes-the-farley-mowat-and-the-jules-verne-to-its-fleet.html/|archivedate=June 11, 2015}} The Jules Verne was later renamed the {{MV|John Paul DeJoria}} after Sea shepherd supporter John Paul DeJoria. They were joined by another ex-USCG island class cutter in December 2017, the MV Sharpie.[http://www.seashepherd.org/news-and-commentary/news/sea-shepherd-launches-new-anti-poaching-vessel-mv-sharpie.html Sea Shepherd Launches New Anti-poaching Vessel M/V Sharpie] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171208174807/http://www.seashepherd.org/news-and-commentary/news/sea-shepherd-launches-new-anti-poaching-vessel-mv-sharpie.html |date=2017-12-08 }}. Sea Shepherd. 7 December 2017. The MY Farley Mowat is currently serving in the Sea Shepherd's Operation Milagro alongside the MY Sam Simon, MV White Holly and MV Sharpie {{Cite web|url=https://seashepherd.org/milagro/|title=Vaquita Porpoise: Operation Milagro|date=2019-05-09|website=seashepherd.org|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-07}}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20071110235235/http://www.seashepherd.org/fleet/fleet.html Sea Shepherd Fleet]
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{{Island class cutter}}
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Category:Sea Shepherd Conservation Society ships
Category:Island-class patrol boats
Category:Ships built in Lockport, Louisiana
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