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USC&GS Hydrographer



Call sign (1919):
George - Vice - Watch - How

ex-USS Hydrographer
ex-USC&GS Hydrographer


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

  • The first Hydrographer was built in 1901 by James Reilly Supply Company, Port Jefferson, Long Island, NY for the Coast and Geodetic Survey
  • Transferred to the Navy in 1917
  • Struck from the Navy Register 1 April 1919 and returned to the Coast and Geodetic Survey
  • Placed out of service in 1928
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 146 t.
  • Length 101'
  • Beam 19' 6"
  • Draft 6' 9"
  • Speed 10 kts.
  • Complement 23
  • Armament: Two 3-pounders and one machine gun
  • Propulsion: One 250ihp steam engine, one shaft.
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    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    Hydrographer 19k
    Namesake:

    Hydrographer - One versed in the science of determining and making known the conditions of navigable waters, charting coasts, and surveying rivers

    		 Tommy Trampp
    Photo added 20 November 2020
    Hyrographer 70k Robert Hurst
    Hyrographer 288k NOAA photo theb0174 NOAA Photo Library, NOAA Central Library; Family of Rear Admiral Leo O. Colbert. NOAA's Fleet Then and Now - Sailing for Science Collection
    Hyrographer 241k Undergoing refit
    NOAA photo theb3936
    Hyrographer 190k c. 1917
    NOAA photo the0138 courtesy C&GS Season's Report Seran 1917 - 1994. NOAA's Fleet Then and Now - Sailing for Science Collection
    Hyrographer 268k c. 1924
    Beaumont, TX
    NOAA photo theb0169 courtesy C&GS Season's Report Jones 1924 - 1947. NOAA's Fleet Then and Now - Sailing for Science Collection
    Hyrographer 291k c. 1925
    Tampa Bay, Florida area
    NOAA photo theb0164 courtesy of the family of Rear Admiral Paul A. Smith, C&GS from NOAA's Fleet Then and Now - Sailing for Science Collection
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