The "Bug" skimming across the water. Party off of EXPLORER.

The steam launch COSMOS.

The steam launch COSMOS during its last season.

The launch Delta.

The launch ECHO.

The chartered launch ELSINORE. Used for wiredrag.

Survey launches with quarterboat GIANT in tow. The GIANT was used as quarters for the survey party while working in swamp areas .

The launch HELIANTHUS.

The training launch MIKAWE.

The training launch MIKAWE.

The MIKAWE dressed for the 4th of July.

The training launch MIKAWE.

The launch MITCHELL. Conducting current surveys.

The launch OGDEN. Conducting Boston Harbor current surveys.

The launch OGDEN. Conducting Boston Harbor current surveys.

The launch OGDEN. Conducting current surveys.

The launches RODGERS and MITCHELL covered for storage. Used for wire drag work.

The launch SCANDINAVIA. Described as " a fine launch but with quarters for only 3 men".

The launch WELKER.

The launch WILDCAT.

The launch WILDCAT.

L to R - OGDEN, ELSIE III, MARINDIN, MITCHELL, RODGERS, wire drag tender. Meeting of tide and current party with wire drag party.

Motor launch C&GS 36 being built aboard the PATHFINDER.

Motor launch C&GS 36 underway - built by crew of PATHFINDER.

Launch No. 41 -possibly off of TAKU.

Launch No. 41 -possibly off of TAKU.

C&GS Launch No. 66 - used for wiredrag work. Mate Franz Okeson facing camera. Duplicate of 2445.

C&GS Launch No. 67 - used primarily to transport topographic party. Launch off of EXPLORER.

C&GS Launch No. 69 - used by EXPLORER for hydrography and transportation.

NOAA Launch 1255 doing current surveys in tandem with small aircraft.

NOAA R/V LAIDLY - used originally on Great Lakes. Became officer training vessel and based out of Fort Eustis, Virginia.

Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship DISCOVERER. Plowing into a headsea.

Leadline sounding operations from the WESTDAHL. Note the splash of the lead well forward of the bow.

A plastic pig in the davits almost looks beautiful in a tropical sunset.

Navy type steam launch off of PIONEER.

Launch HELIANTHUS at Zachar Bay. Working with SURVEYOR.

Boston whaler secured on shore in Deer Island Passage. Note Motorola Miniranger on mast - used for navigation. Whaler outfitted for hydrographic work.

USS PATHFINDER shortly after launching. Before beginning its Pacific odyssey.

USS PATHFINDER underway in Pacific. Note gun-tubs fore and aft. Saw Pacific service from 1942 to 1945. Ship endured over 50 bombing raids and was crashed by a kamikaze at Okinawa. It was said, "The road to Tokyo was paved with PATHFINDER charts".

Souvenir chart of the PATHFINDER service in World War II. Includes history of 1st and 2nd voyages.

USS HYDROGRAPHER in the Aleutians. Vessel served from Aleutians to Gilbert Islands. One of first vessels into Massacre Bay, Attu, during attack to recapture.

The USS OCEANOGRAPHER, known as "The Green Gremlin". Tied up in Long Beach just before scrapping in 1944. Served in Solomon Islands, hydrographers named Iron Bottom Sound.

USS BOWDITCH, a Navy hydrographic vessel. During WWII, C&GS officers made up the first survey contingent on the BOWDITCH . Captain George L. Anderson, C&GS, was Executive Officer.

SURVEYOR in Aleutians in 1944. Note 3" deck gun on bow. SURVEYOR stayed under C&GS during war.

SURVEYOR at dock in Aleutians. Note 3" gun on bow and anti-aircraft guns aft and on flying bridge. SURVEYOR stayed under C&GS during war.

SURVEYOR in North Pacific. Note 3" bow gun. SURVEYOR stayed under C&GS during war.

EXPLORER in Aleutians. Note bow gun and covered anti-aircraft guns.

NOAA Ship MT. MITCHELL refueling at night.

Coast and Geodetic Survey Steamer BLAKE.

NOAA Ship MALCOLM BALDRIGE.