Picking up skiff on FAIRWEATHER.

Steam launch COSMOS being towed from SURVEYOR. Cruising in the Inside Passage.

HILGARD towing launch.

Launching survey boat with D-8 caterpillar at Nevat Camp. Arctic Field Party.

Towing a boat astern of the LESTER JONES.

Launch towing 4 current buoys to area not accessible by ship. Launch off of MARMER.

Casting off from the PIONEER.

Traveling by canoe to the day's work. Leveling work along the Colorado River.

Leaving the ship in a skiff. Party off of EXPLORER.

The Launch Audwin - transportation for the astro party of George D. Cowie.

Lowering Launch Alpha at King's Cove. Operations on the PATTERSON.

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".