USC&GS Discoverer (1918)
USC&GS Discoverer in Territory of Alaska waters. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Discoverer |
| Namesake | A discoverer, a person who engages in discovery, the act of detecting and learning something |
| Builder | Todd Shipyards Corporation, New York, New York |
| Cost | $500,000 (USD) |
| Laid down | 20 June 1918 |
| Launched | 28 September 1918 |
| Completed | January 1919 |
| Acquired | 7 April 1922 by U.S. Department of Commerce via transfer from U.S. Navy |
| In service | 8 April 1922 |
| Out of service | 26 August 1941 |
| Nickname(s) | Discoverer and survey ships USC&GS Pioneer and USC&GS Guide collectively were known as the "Bird Boats" |
| Fate | Transferred to U.S. Navy 26 August 1941 |
| Notes |
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| General characteristics | |
| Type | Survey ship |
| Length | 180 ft (55 m) or 187 ft 10 in (57.25 m) |
| Beam | 35.6 ft (10.9 m) |
| Draft | 12.6 ft (3.8 m) |
| Installed power | 1,400 shaft horsepower (1.05 megawatts) |
| Propulsion | Two 200-psi Babcock & Wilcox boilers; Harlan and Hollingsworth vertical triple expansion engine; one shaft |
| Speed | 14 knots |
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The first USC&GS Discoverer was a survey ship that served in the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey from 1922 to 1941.