The Kingfisher trawler was fitted out by the Portland Company for the East Coast Fisheries Company of Rockland, Maine. "Perhaps on her first voyage, the trawler Kingfisher has just hauled a netful of small fish. The operation appears to be happening under the watchful eyes of interested guests aboard the vessel that day." --Fletcher, David H. "The Portland Company 1846-1982." Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Pub., 2002. 51.