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Sailing For Science
Nineteenth Century Coast and Geodetic Survey Ships
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Coast and Geodetic Survey steamer BLAKE - in service 1874-1905.Note cable leading from bow, ship anchored in 600 fathoms.This vessel pioneered deepsea anchoring under John Elliott Pillsbury.Current surveys in the Windward Passage.
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Coast and Geodetic Survey steamer BLAKE.In service 1874-1905.Frontispiece of Deepsea Sounding and Dredging by Charles D. Sigsbee, 1880.Library Call Number GC75.S53 1880.
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Coast and Geodetic Survey steamer BLAKE. In service 1874-1905.Conducted classic Gulf Stream studies under J. E. Pillsbury. Many innovationson this ship -- steel cable for deepsea dredging and Sigsbee Sounding Machine, Pillsbury current meter, and
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Coast Survey Schooner EXPERIMENT.In service 1835-1839.Sounding boat
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Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship THOMAS R. GEDNEY.In service 1875-1915.Pacific service
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Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship THOMAS R. GEDNEY.In service 1875-1915.Postcard image
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Coast and Geodetic Survey Steamer THOMAS R. GEDNEY and steam launch COSMOS.
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Coast and Geodetic Survey Steamer F. R. HASSLER.In service 1871-1895.Pacific service.Dressed ship for holiday.
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Coast and Geodetic Survey Steamer THOMAS R. GEDNEY and steam launch COSMOS.
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Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship HODGSON.In service 1946-1967.
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Coast and Geodetic Survey Steamer THOMAS R. GEDNEY.In service 1875-1915.Pacific service.Inport - dressed ship for holiday.
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Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship MARMER.In service 1957-1968.
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Coast and Geodetic Survey Schooner MATCHLESS.In service 1885-1919.Only known picture of Coast and Geodetic Survey sailing vessel under sail.
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Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship MARMER.In service 1957-1968.
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Coast and Geodetic Survey Steamer MCARTHUR I.In service 1876-1915.Exclusively Alaska service.Note white hull and house flag.
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Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship MARMER.In service 1957-1968.Note white hull
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Coast and Geodetic Survey Steamer MCARTHUR.In service 1876-1915.Pacific service
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Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship MARMER.In service 1957-1968.
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Coast and Geodetic Survey Steamer MCARTHUR.In service 1876-1915.Pacific service
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Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship LESTER JONES.In service 1940-1967.Pacific service
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