The Navy-Princeton Gravity Expedition To The West Indies in 1932
S-48 was assigned at the request of the Hydrographer of the Navy by the Secretary of the Navy to assist with the second U.S. expedition to obtain gravity measurements at sea during using a gravimeter, or gravity meter, designed by Dr. Felix Vening Meinesz. The submarine was accompanied and assisted by the USS Chewink (AM-39) in a route from Guantanamo, Cuba to Key West, Florida and return to Guantanamo through the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos region from 5 February through 25 March 1932. The description of operations and results of the expedition were published by the U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office in The Navy-Princeton gravity expedition to the West Indies in 1932. The first gravity measurements at sea had been made in 1926 from a submarine of the Royal Navy. The first U.S. gravity measurements at sea had been made from the USS S-21 assisted by Eagle Boat 35 and Eagle Boat 58.
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