The one thing I have found in trying to get facts about the museum ships is that you can't trust any source until you compare. I have been trying to find commissioning dates for the Marlin and have three Navy articles, all of which contradict each other. I'm pretty sure it was not commissioned when put in service, but haven't been able to get any of the previous Commanding Officers to state when the Commissioning date was. I have a notion it is when it went from being T-2 to Marlin, but can't confirm it so far. So not surprised that charts of lumber might not always agree. As mentioned above, the older charts were put together with old growth lumber and now with new growth, span considerations, compression figures, etc all have been changing.
Viejo
