Hydrographer Str

Hydrographer I

( Str: dp. 146; 1. 101'; b. 1D'0"; dr. 0'9"; s. 10 k.; cpl. 23 i
a. 23-par., 1 mg.)

Hvdrographer, a wooden steam launch, was built in 1901 at Port Jefferson, N.Y., and engaged in survey work for the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey until coming under Navy jurisdiction in 1917. She continued her surveying duties in the Gulf of Mexico and in addition performed' section patrol in 1918. She was returned to the Ooast and Geodetic Survey under an Executlve order 1 April 1919.