USC&GS Explorer may refer to more than one ship of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey:
An explorer is a person involved in exploration; see also list of explorers.
The National Geodetic Survey (NGS), formerly the United States Survey of the Coast (1807–1836), United States Coast Survey (1836–1878), and United States Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) (1878–1970), is a United States federal agency that defines and manages a national coordinate system, providing the foundation for transportation and communication; mapping and charting; and a large number of applications of science and engineering. Since its foundation in its present form in 1970, it has been part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), of the United States Department of Commerce.
Two ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Corsair, for the California rockfish, or a pirate or privateer, especially Turkish or Saracen.
USC&GS Guide was the name of two United States Coast and Geodetic Survey ships, and may refer to:
USC&GS Pioneer is the name of more than one ship of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, and may refer to:
USC&GS Discoverer was the name of two ships of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, and may refer to:
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:
Gilbert T. Rude (1881–1962) was an officer in the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey—one of the ancestor organizations of the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) -- and the United States Navy. He served as Chief of the Division of Coastal Surveys in the Coast and Geodetic Survey. A NOAA ship was named for him.
USC&GS Hydrographer was the name of two United States Coast and Geodetic Survey ships, and may refer to:
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 Gilbert was a launch that served as a survey ship in the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey from 1930 to 1962.
USC&GS A. D. Bache or USC&GS Bache may refer to:
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. 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. On return from the Navy the ship was condemned and due to be sold. 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.
The second USC&GS Explorer was a survey ship that served in the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey from 1940 to 1968. She operated in the Pacific Ocean from 1940 to 1960, seeing service there during World War II, and in the Atlantic Ocean from 1960 to 1968.