U.S. National Geodetic Survey - Ships

Ships

See also category: Ships of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey

A partial list of the Survey's ships:

  • USC&GS A. D. Bache (1871)
  • USC&GS A. D. Bache (1901)
  • USC&GS Drift
  • Hassler
  • USC&GS Thomas R. Gedney
  • USC&GS George S. Blake (Famous as pioneer ship in deep ocean survey and oceanography)
  • USC&GS Guide (1918)
  • USC&GS Guide (1929)
  • USC&GS Yukon (1873)
  • USC&GS Carlile P. Patterson
  • USC&GS Yukon (1898)
  • USC&GS Oceanographer
  • USC&GS Pathfinder (1899-1941)
  • USC&GS Pathfinder
  • USC&GS Pioneer (1918), in service 1922–1941
  • USC&GS Pioneer (1929), in service 1941–1942
  • USC&GS Pioneer (OSS 31), in service 1946–1966
  • USC&GS Silliman
  • USC&GS Barataria (1867)

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