 Four ships were built for the Commission, including the schooner-rigged steamer USFC "Fish Hawk", which served as a floating fish hatchery and fisheries research ship from 1880 to 1926; the brigantine-rigged steamer USFC "Albatross", which operated as a fisheries research ship from 1882 to 1921 except for brief periods of United States Navy service in 1898 and from 1917 to 1919; and the sailing schooner USFC "Grampus", which was commissioned in 1886 and operated as a fisheries research ship until 1917.The Edenton Station hatchery was established in 1899.From 1871 to 1903, the Commission's "Annual Report to Congress" detailed its efforts and findings in all of these areas.