31. In 1972, the Joint Air-Sea Interaction Experiment ( JASIN ) utilized special observations from weather ships for their research. 32. She was subsequently converted to a weather ship and was commissioned as " WBS 3 Carl J . Busch" 33. After the war she was re-purposed as a weather ship for use by the Department of Transport of Canada. 34. She was converted to a weather ship and was commissioned as " WBS 3 Fritz Homann " on 1 March. 35. From 1943 to 1944, he was a Coast Guard lieutenant commanding the weather ship Sea Cloud in the North Atlantic. 36. In the meantime, the United States Coast Guard inspected " Willoughby " for suitability for use as a weather ship . 37. She was converted to a weather ship and was commissioned on 1 March as " WBS 4 Hinrich Freese ". 38. At this period of time, she appears to have been serving variously as a weather ship and " vorpostenboot ". 39. The first two weather ships to man station M were " Polarfront I " and " Polarfront II ". 40. "Grand Rapids " operated as a weather ship out of NS Argentia until returning to Boston on 6 June 1945.
