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<big>The Sea Organization</big>

The '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_Org Sea Organization]''' (Sea Org) came into existence on August 12, 1967<ref name="Flag">Hubbard, L. Ron. Flag Order #1. Church of Scientology. 12 August 1967</ref>.  As the name implies, this fraternal organization operated off of ships, around Europe/North Africa and on the west coast of the United States.  The Sea Org operated off of the following ships until 1975; at which time the Sea Org sold all the ships and became land based.
== Europe/North Africa ==
The ships that operated around Europe/North Africa were;
#'''[[Apollo]]''' (originally known as the ''Royal Scotman'')<ref name="Sea">Hubbard, L. Ron. Welcome to the Sea Org Course, Sea Organization Product Zero, Glossary. Church of Scientology. 1990</ref>
#*Length 340'
#*Beam 48'
#'''[[Athena]]''' (originally known as the ''Avon River'')<ref name="Sea" />
#*Length 145' 4"
#*Beam 26' 1"
#'''[[Commodore Queen]]'''<ref name="Tech">Hubbard, L. Ron. Modern Management Technology Defined, Church of Scientology of California, Publications Organization, United Sates. 1976</ref>
#*Length 150'
#'''[[Diana]]''' (originally known as the ''Enchanter'')<ref name="Sea" />
#'''[[Kastelholm]]'''<ref name="Tech" />
#'''Nkambi'''<ref name="Tech" />
#*Length 20'

== The west coast of the United States ==
The ships that operated off of the west coast of the United States were;
#'''[[Aries]]''' (originally known as the ''Bluefin''<ref name="NewsAOLA">Hubbard, L. Ron. AOLA Good News Letter. Church of Scientology. January 1969</ref>)<ref name="Tech" />
#*Length 65'
#'''[[Bolivar]]''' (originally known as the ''Grinnel'')<ref name="Tech" />
#*Length 173' 8"
#*Beam 23'
#'''[[Excalibur]]''' (originally known as the ''Asia'')<ref name="Tech" />
#*Length 184' 6"
#*Beam 33' 1"
#'''[[Neptune]]'''<ref name="Tech" />

== Notes ==
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[[Category:Sea Org]],[[Category:Sea Org Ships]] [[Category:History of Scientology]]
[[Category:Scientology - 1960's]]
[[Category:Scientology - 1970's]]