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USC&GS Explorer
ex-USS Explorer
USC&GS Explorer

Explorer served both the Coast & Geodetic Survey and the U. S. Navy
Patrol Vessel:

  • Built in 1904 as USC&GS Explorer by Pusey and Jones, Wilmington, DE for the Coast and Geodetic Survey
  • Acquired by the Navy 22 May 1918
  • Commissioned USS Explorer 3 June 1918
  • Returned to the Coast and Geodetic Survey 31 March 1919
  • Transferred to the National Youth Authority in 1939
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 450 t.
  • Length between perpandiculars 135'
  • Beam 27'
  • Draft 10'
  • Speed 10 kts.
  • Complement 49
  • Armament: Two 6-pounders.
    Click on thumbnail
    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    Explorer 91k NOAA Office of NOAA Corps Operations NOAA Website
    Explorer 91k c. 1921
    Southeast Alaska
    C&GS Season's Report Heck 1921-43    		 NOAA Website
    Explorer 245k . Mike VanPelt
    Explorer 405k . Mike VanPelt
    View the Explorer
    DANFS history entry located on the Naval Historical Center web site.
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