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Mendocino Whale War 1976 Photo Gallery

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Organizers of the First Annual Mendocino Whale Festival pose outside Crown Hall with J.D. Mayhew's poster, March 20, 1976. L to R: Ellen Findlay, Bill Wilson, Sue Golden, Brendan, Heidi and Barry Cusick, Sally and Lee Welty. Jim and Brenda Coupe, former owners of the Mendocino Deli on Main St., supported the Mendocino Whale War's save-the-whales campaign in 1976.<br /><br />Negative 2-9-76-23. Scanned from 35 mm neg at 2700 dpi with Nikon LS-2000 on 2/19/01. Byrd Baker (r) and clerk at Mendocino's liquor store show a sign reading "No sake until Japan stops killing whales." Mendocino Whale War volunteers show exhibits in Crown Hall during the 1st Annual Mendocino Whale Festival in March 1976 Bob Avery was the auctioneer as Sally Welty displays a work of art during the 1st Annual Mendocino Whale Festival at Crown Hall, March 1976. Ellen Findlay shows a Russian whaler defector kit at the 1st Annual Mendocino Whale Festival. Byrd Baker poses with his driftwood whale sculpture in front of Mendocino's MacCallum House Inn. Baker championed the cause of stopping commercial whaling when he helped organize the Mendocino Whale War in 1976. Byrd Baker, Mendocino sculptor and organizer of the Mendocino Whale War stands in front of his home, the red house on Ukiah St. across from Corners of the Mouth food store in Mendocino. His classic Land Rover is painted with anti-whaling slogans such as "Stop the Slaughter" and "Boycott Japanese Products." Photo © 1976 Nicholas Wilson, PO Box 943, Mendocino CA 95460, negative 2/8/76-A25, scanned from 35mm neg at 2700 dpi, Nikon LS-2000. Redwood chips fly as Byrd Baker uses a chain saw to carve a log into a whale sculpture in front of his home at 45020 Ukiah St. in Mendocino. Photo © 1976 Nicholas Wilson, PO Box 943, Mendocino CA 95460. Neg 3-19-76-32. Scanned from 35 mm neg at 2700 dpi using Nikon LS-2000 on 2/19/01. Mendocino sculptor Byrd Baker uses a splitting maul to rough out a redwood log while carving a whale sculpture. Byrd Baker poses at the helm of the C.A. Thayer, an old-time lumber schooner on display at the Maritime Museum, Hyde St. Pier, San Francisco CA Byrd Baker talks about saving whales on KGO radio. Byrd Baker, left, examines a whaling harpoon cannon on the Sioux City, a former whalling ship moored at Richmond CA. Bob McMillen poses with a whale harpoon cannon on the Sioux City, a former whaling ship, in Richmond CA circa February 1976. The Phyllis Cormack takes on equipment at Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco in preparation for an anti-whaling patrol with the Mendocino Whale War in late June, 1976. J. D. Mayhew models the Save The Whales T-shirt he designed for the Mendocino Whale War. He was aboard the Whale War's boat in San Francisco preparing to embark on the 1976 anti-whaling voyage. Photo © 1976 Nicholas Wilson, PO Box 943, Mendocino CA 95460. Neg. 6-26-76-19. Scanned from vintage 8x10 print at 300 dpi on 2/19/01. Greenpeace Foundation President Robert Hunter greets Mendocino Whale War leader Byrd Baker before the MWW anti-whaling voyage in 1976. Dr. Paul Spong of Greenpeace Foundation, Vancouver, Canada, comes aboard the Phyllis Cormack in San Francisco. Capt. John Cormack checks his watch at the helm of the Phyllis Cormack as the 1976 voyage of the Mendocino Whale War was about to begin. John Griffith, J.D. Mayhew and Byrd Baker on deck as the Phyllis Cormack heads out the Golden Gate in June 976. View of the Golden Gate bridge from the Phyllis Cormack passing beneath it. Skipper John Cormack writes in the log book of the Phyllis Cormack John Griffith pilots the Phyllis Cormack from the flying bridge during the Mendocino Whale War's 1976 anti-whaling patrol off the northern California coast. John Griffith close up as he pilots the Phyllis Cormack from the flying bridge during the Mendocino Whale War's 1976 anti-whaling patrol off the northern California coast. John Griffith at the helm of the Mendocino Whale War boat Phyllis Cormack on patrol for Russian whalers off Cape Mendocino during the summer of 1976.<br /><br /><br />Neg 7-1-76-20, scanned from neg @ 2700 dpi with Nikon LS-2000 on 2/19/01. Pod of pilot whales showed themselves near the Phyllis Cormack. Dr. Lee Tepley heads his Zodiac inflatable towards a school of pilot whales to swim with them and get underwater film footage. The Aleksandrovsk, one of over a dozen 300 ft. trawlers from the Soviet Union dragging huge nets on the ocean bottom just outside the then 12-mi. limit of U.S. jurisdiction. The Aleksandrovsk, one of over a dozen 300 ft. Russian trawlers off the California coast just outside the 12 mile limit. Note the hammer and sickle emblem of the Soviet Union and the ship's officers on ther bridge observing us through binoculars. Stern view of the Aleksandrovsk, one of over a dozen Soviet Union 300 ft. bottom trawlers seen by the Mendocino Whale War anti-whaling patrol. The sea birds are attracted to the fish waste thrown overboard. Rear view of the Aleksandrovsk, a 300 ft. Soviet Union trawler hauling a huge net loaded with tons of fish up its stern ramp just outside the then 12-mi. limit of U.S. jurisdiction. The Aleksandrovsk, and at least three others out of over a dozen 300 ft. trawlers from the Soviet Union just outside the then 12-mi. limit of U.S. jurisdiction. The U.S. fishing boat Eagle out of Bodega Bay. Compare this to the dozen Soviet 300 ft. trawlers operating in the same area. J.D. Mayhew steers the Phyllis Cormack and watches the radio direction finder he brought along. J.D. Mayhew at the helm of the Phyllis Cormack in July 1976. The Greenpeace ship James Bay meets up with the Phyllis Cormack 100 mi. off Cape Mendocino July 1, 1976. J.D. Mayhew and Byrd Baker launch a Zodiak inflatable boat from the Phyllis Cormack. The Greenpeace ship James Bay launches Zodiacs during meeting at sea with Mendocino Whale War. The Mendocino Whale War's Byrd Baker and J.D. Mayhew hold a confidential meeting with Greenpeace leaders during a July 1, 1976 rendezvous at sea 100 mi. off Cape Mendocino. Greenpeace President Bob Hunter and two others in Zodiac prepare to board the Mendocino Whale War boat for a strategy meeting. Paul Watson and another Greenpeacer from the James Bay swim over to the Phyllis Cormack 100 mi. off Cape Mendocino. Mendocino Whale War and Greenpeace vessels rendezvous 100 miles off Cape Mendocino during the anti-whaling campaign of 1976. The Zodiac inflatable in foreground was off the Greenpeace ship James Bay, while the photo was taken from another inflatable off the Mendocino Whale War boat Phyllis Cormack, seen at right. The Mendocino Whale War boat Phyllis Cormack with the Greenpeace ship James Bay and a Zodiac inflatable during a July 1, 1976 ocean rendezvous. The James Bay gets under way after rendezvous with Mendocino Whale War The Mendocino Whale War charter boat Phyllis Cormack at full speed leaves the James Bay after meeting at sea July 1, 1976 John Griffith does a test run in a high-speed inflatable boat off the Phyllis Cormack. Byrd Baker at the helm of the Phyllis Cormack near sunset. A crab boat out of Pusan, South Korea, arrives and puts out hundreds of pots on long lines just outside the 12-mile limit in July 1976. A crab boat out of Pusan, South Korea, arrives and puts out hundreds of pots on long lines just outside the 12-mile limit in July 1976. The U.S. Coast Guard observes as a South Korean crab boat puts out hundreds of pots on long lines just outside the 12-mile limit in July 1976. Korean crabber has just put out half its pots within sight of the California coast in background, just outside the 12-mile limit in July 1976. A large Russian mother ship takes on frozen fish and provides supplies to two of at least a dozen 300 ft. Soviet trawlers operating just outside the 12-mile limit off the California Coast on the night of July 3, 1976. In this end view a trawler can be seen on each side of the mother ship. Byrd Baker, John Griffith and J.D. Mayhew on deck as the Mendocino Whale War boat Phyllis Cormack approaches Mendocino Bay on July 4, 1976, for a quick visit during the Bicentennial celebration and Independence Day parade. View of Mendocino on the bluffs from aboard the Phyllis Cormack anchored in Mendocino Bay. The Mendocino Whale War voyage ends July 5, 1976, as the Phyllis Cormack comes under the Golden Gate bridge and makes for Fort Mason The Mendocino Whale War voyage ends July 5, 1976, as the Phyllis Cormack comes under the Golden Gate bridge and makes for Fort Mason The Mendocino Whale War voyage ends July 5, 1976, as the Phyllis Cormack comes under the Golden Gate bridge and makes for Fort Mason The Phyllis Cormack prepares to come alongside the James Bay in San Francisco July 5, 1976. The Phyllis Cormack alongside the James Bay at Fort Mason, San Francisco. Dr. Lee Tepley secures his Zodiac on a trailer as Capt. John Cormack assists. The James Bay and Phyllis Cormack docked at Fort Mason after the Mendocino Whale War anti-whaling patrol of 1976.

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Gallery posted to the web 4/4/2006; revised 8/15/2006