USC&GS Discoverer

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USC&GS Discoverer was the name of two ships of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, and may refer to:

USC&GS Discoverer (1918), a survey ship in service from 1922 to 1941
USC&GS Discoverer, an oceanographic research ship in service in the Coast and Geodetic Survey from 1967 to 1970 and in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration as NOAAS Discoverer (R 102) from 1970 to 1996

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USC&GS Oceanographer was the name of two ships of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, and may refer to:

USC&GS Arago was the name of two ships of the United States Coast Survey and the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, and may refer to:

USC&GS Surveyor or NOAA Ship Surveyor has been the name of more than one United States Coast and Geodetic Survey or National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ship, and may refer to:

USC&GS Yukon was the name of more than one United States Coast Survey or United States Coast and Geodetic Survey ship, and may refer to:

USS Elsie III (SP-708) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919 that saw service during World War I. After the completion of her U.S. Navy career, she was in commission in the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey as the survey launch USC&GS Elsie III from 1919 to 1944.

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USC&GS Hydrographer was the name of two United States Coast and Geodetic Survey ships, and may refer to:

The first USC&GS Discoverer was a survey ship that served in the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey from 1922 to 1941.

USC&GS Fathomer was the name of two United States Coast and Geodetic Survey ships, and may refer to:

Arago was the name of a number of ships and may refer to:

USC&GS McArthur was the name of two United States Coast and Geodetic Survey ships, and may refer to:

USC&GS Davidson was the name of two ships of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, and may refer to:

USC&GS A. D. Bache or USC&GS Bache may refer to:

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