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Hydrographer (AGS 2)
ex-PY-30



Call sign:
Nan - Baker - Victor - Sugar

Hydrographer served both the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey and U.S. Navy.

Patrol Yacht/Survey Ship: Built 1928 by the Spear Engine Works, Norfolk, VA; Acquired by the Navy from the Coast and Geodetic Survey 15 April 1942 and classified as a Patrol Yacht, PY-30; Reclassified as a Survey Ship, AGS-2; Converted for Naval service at Choctaw Boat Works, Chactaw AL; Commissioned USS Hydrographer (AGS-2), 20 May 1942 at Mobile, AL; Decommissioned 1 July 1946 at Norfolk, VA; Returned to the Coast and Geodetic Survey.
Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 1,135 t.; Length 164' 11"; Beam 31' 6" ; Draft 13' 10"; Speed 10 kts.; Complement 92; Armament one 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount; Propulsion one 650shp Winton 145 diesel engine, diesel electric drive, one shaft.

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For Full Size Image		 Size Image Description Source
USC&GS Hydrographer
PY-30 115k c. 1929 NOAA History
USS Hydrographer (AGS 2)
AGS-2 119k c. 1943
Aleutian Islands, AK		 NOAA History
AGS-2 78k c. 1944 NOAA History
USC&GS Hydrographer (MSS 19)
AGS-2 65k . NOAA History
AGS-2 150k . NOAA History
AGS-2 147k . NOAA History
AGS-2 119k . NOAA History
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