HYDROGRAPHER
The Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship HYDROGRAPHER
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Steamer,
length 164.9 feet, beam 31.5 feet, draft 14.3 feet. The HYDROGRAPHER
was the second oil burning steamer built for the Coast and Geodetic
Survey. Built in 1930 at Spear Engineering and Navy Yard, Norfolk,
Virginia. In service 1931 -1967, primarily Atlantic service. Transferred
to Navy 1942-1946 and designated AGS 2. The HYDROGRAPHER conducted
surveys in Massacre Bay, Attu, Aleutian Islands, during the retaking
of Attu in 1943. The HYDROGRAPHER also conducted surveys at Guam during
amphibious operations and conducted surveys at many other locations
throughout the Pacific Theater of Operations. Following the war, the
HYDROGRAPHER returned to C&GS service and spent most of the remainder
of its career working on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts.
