Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship FATHOMER

Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship HASSLER

NOAA Ship SURVEYOR in pancake ice in the Bering Sea

NOAA Ship GORDON GUNTER in the Gulf of Mexico

NOAA Ship GORDON GUNTER in the Gulf of Mexico

NOAA Ship GORDON GUNTER in the Gulf of Mexico

NOAA Ship GORDON GUNTER in the Gulf of Mexico

NOAA Ship GORDON GUNTER in the Gulf of Mexico

NOAA Ship GORDON GUNTER in the Gulf of Mexico

The Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship HYDROGRAPHER

The Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship HYDROGRAPHER

The Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship HYDROGRAPHER

The Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship HYDROGRAPHER

The Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship HYDROGRAPHER

The Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship HYDROGRAPHER

The Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship HYDROGRAPHER

The Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship HYDROGRAPHER

The Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship ISIS

The Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship E. LESTER JONES

The Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship PIONEER II

The Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship PIONEER III - still in Navy gray following World War II. This PIONEER was converted from the USS MOBJACK AVP-30, a seaplane tender.

The Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship PIONEER III

The Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship OCEANOGRAPHER -- converted from the J. P. Morgan yacht CORSAIR II in 1930.

The Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship MARINDUQUE in the Philippine Islands.

The Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship MARMER undergoing sea trials at Curtis Bay, Maryland.

The Coast and Geodetic Survey Schooner MATCHLESS

The Coast and Geodetic Survey Schooner MATCHLESS

The Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship LYDONIA during World War II.

The Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship OCEANOGRAPHER at Tulagi Harbor, Guadalcanal during World War II. Hydrographers on the OCEANOGRAPHER named "Iron-Bottom Sound."

The Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship PARKER.

The Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship PARKER.

The Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship PATHFINDER in the Philippines in the early 1900's. This was the first PATHFINDER.

The Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship PATHFINDER in the early days of World War II. Of the PATHFINDER it was said that "The road to Tokyo was paved with PATHFINDER charts."

The Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship PATHFINDER enroute to Okinawa where it sustained a kamikaze hit but survived to enter Tokyo Bay at the end of hostilities.

The Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship PATHFINDER at anchor in San Francisco Bay where it returned for repairs after two years in the Solomon Islands. The ship returned to see additional action in the Philippines and Okinawa.

The printing press used on the Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship PATHFINDER during World War II. The PATHFINDER was staffed by C&GS hydrographers who were the first to survey AND print maps at sea during combat operations.

The Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship PATHFINDER underway.

The Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship PATHFINDER in Puget Sound near the end of an illustrious career.

The Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship PATHFINDER at Seattle.

The Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship PATTERSON.

The Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship PATTON at Seattle.

The Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship PATTON underway in southeast Alaska.

The Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship PIONEER. This was the first PIONEER.

The Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship SURVEYOR. This was the second SURVEYOR.

Conducting hydrographic survey work off Launch 168, a SURVEYOR launch. Note men taking horizontal angles to position boat.

The Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship WAINWRIGHT conducting wire drag operations.

The Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship WESTDAHL at Portland, Oregon.

The Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship WESTDAHL at Portland, Oregon, on sea trials.

The Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship WESTDAHL at Portland, Oregon, on sea trials.

The MILLER FREEMAN in a little weather in the North Pacific.