The hull was 147 ft (44.8 m) length overall, 139 ft (42.4 m) length between perpendiculars, 27 ft (8.2 m) extreme beam with a depth of 14 ft 6.5 in (4.4 m). Wood was the primary material with metal used only when needed and where it could be used "without defeating the purpose of the wooden hull". A 10 ft 6 in (3.2 m) diameter by 11 ft (3.4 m) long boiler provided steam. The ship was schooner rigged with two masts with sails to steady the ship, not propulsion, which was by means of an engine with cylinders 13 in (33.0 cm) and 26 in (66.0 cm) with a 20 in (50.8 cm) stroke driving a single 7 ft 6 in (2.3 m) bronze propeller. Instead the ship was retained as a survey vessel into the fall of 1939 and existed into World War II when it saw service with the United States Army Corps of Engineers as Atkins.Įxplorer was built by Pusey & Jones of Wilmington, Delaware as hull number 316 and delivered to the Coast & Geodetic Survey on 30 November 1904. On return from the Navy the ship was condemned and due to be sold. After initial service in the Atlantic the ship transferred to Seattle in 1907 to begin survey work in Alaskan waters during summer and more southern waters in winter. The first USC&GS Explorer (1904) was a steamer that served as a survey ship in the US Coast & Geodetic Survey (USCGS) from 1904-1939 with brief time 1918-1919 assigned to Navy for patrol in Alaskan waters.
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