 In 1919, a "National Geographic" expedition to Katmai on the Alaska Peninsula photographed "Red Wing" at Kalsin Bay on Kodiak Island in the Territory of Alaska while she was operating under the control of the United States Department of Agriculture.At the time, she was a motor schooner used by the Department of Agriculture Kodiak station at Kalsin Bay for transportation to and from Kodiak.The U.S. Bureau of Fisheries (BOF) acquired "Red Wing" from the Department of Agriculture in 1926.