NOAA Ship MALCOLM BALDRIGE crossing stern of NOAA Ship MT. MITCHELL.

Coast and Geodetic Survey Steamer EXPLORER with launches alongside. In service 1904 -1939.

Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship EXPLORER underway. The new EXPLORER. In service 1940-1968.

Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship PIONEER dressed for Washington's Birthday. In service 1922 - 1941.

Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship NATOMA in shipyard dressed for the 4th of July. In service 1919-1935.

Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship EXPLORER dressed for the 4th of July. In service 1940-1968.

Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship LESTER JONES underway on a still gray day. In service 1940-1967.

Seattle ship base on Lake Union.

Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship WESTDAHL in Grenville Channel. In service 1929 - 1946.

Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship HYDROGRAPHER. In service 1901-1928.

Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship SURVEYOR as seen over the stern of a Navy cruiser . In service 1917 - 1956.

Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship SURVEYOR tied up at Dutch Harbor. In service 1917 - 1956.

The WILDCAT in Adugak Straits.

Anchored conducting current survey.

Medical visit to freighter on a cold day. Boat off of SURVEYOR - Captain A. M. Sobieralski in center with black hat.

WILDCAT on the ways at Unalaska.

Taking off from a cobblestone beach on Lanai. Party off of PIONEER.

Boat in shore break in channel islands after getting caught in the surf. Boat off the PIONEER.

Boat in shore break in channel islands after getting caught in the surf. Boat off the PIONEER.

Boat in shore break in channel islands after getting caught in the surf. Boat off the PIONEER.

Some of the gear that washed ashore from the PIONEER boat. Aftermath of boat caught in the surf.

Launch, crew, and volcano framed by walls of sea cave. Boat from the PIONEER.

HMS SATELLITE on left, USCS Steamer ACTIVE on right. Conducting surveys in support of the Northwest Boundary Commission. Ships at Esquimalt Harbor, near present day Victoria.

USCS Steamer ACTIVE and USCS Schooner EWING. At Cuyler's Harbor in Channel Islands.

Whaleboat 169 coming alongside in rough weather. Coming alongside HODGSON.

Hang on!!! Signal-building crew getting some rough treatment. Coming alongside HODGSON.

PATHFINDER launch getting ready for pickup.

PATHFINDER Launch No. 1 returning with work party.

EXPLORER 30-foot launch alongside. Diesel engine - 8.5-foot width - 3-foot draft. Davits are Landly Sheath Screw with steam hoist and electric screw.

The Launch ECHO used for current and tide surveys.

Launch HELIANTHUS outfitted as Radio-Acoustic-Ranging station vessel. Working with the SURVEYOR. Launch usually provided transportation for independent topo or hydro party.

Launches MARINDIN and OGDEN. Wiredrag boats.

EXPLORER Launch No. 67.

Off-loading Shoran equipment at St. George Village. Party off of PATHFINDER.

Landing supplies for Shoran Station STEM. Party off the EXPLORER.

Landing supplies on a rocky shore. Party off the EXPLORER.

The second barge built by the combined operations party of W. H. Bainbridge.

Hot stuff - Yates with twin outboards!! Combined operations party of Hubert A. Paton.

Liberty boat headed for town. Off the LYDONIA.

An ugly day in the Gulf of Alaska. Bow of the SURVEYOR plunging through a swell.

Man-overboard dummy taking in the weather in the Gulf of Mexico. The view from the stern of the MT. MITCHELL.

The bow of the SURVEYOR on a nasty North Pacific day.

Riding light in the trough. The bow of the MT. MITCHELL - oh, I think I'm getting sick!!

Looking aft on the CHAPMAN.

OCEANOGRAPHER south of Australia during around the World cruise. It was rumored that the "OCEO" rolled a little.

They say the Gulf of Mexico is like a lake most of the time. Whoever "they" are, are wrong.

Rounding Cape Hatteras. Sometimes the seas kick up a little bit in this area.

Sea smoke in the Gulf of Mexico - a cold winter's day. It's not always warm in the Gulf of Mexico.

Coaling the MARINDUQUE.

Coaling the MARINDUQUE at Sandakan.