United States Coast and Geodetic Survey Service
The Navy transferred Natoma to the Coast and Geodetic Survey on 4 April 1919. She served as a survey ship along both the United States East Coast and the United States West Coast during her years with the Survey. She was taken out of service in 1935.
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