USC&GS George S. Blake
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USC&GS George S. Blake, in service 1874–1905, is, with the U.S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross, one of only two US oceanographic vessels with her name inscribed in the façade of the Oceanographic Museum (Musée Océanographique), Monaco due to her being "the most innovative oceanographic vessel of the Nineteenth Century" with development of deep ocean exploration through introduction of steel cable for sounding, dredging and deep anchoring and data collection for the "first truly modern bathymetric map of a deep sea area."[1]
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USC&GS George S. Blake c.1870s | |
History | |
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United States | |
Namesake | Commodore George Smith Blake (1803-1871) |
Builder | E. J. Fardy, Baltimore, Maryland |
Cost | $84,600 |
In service | 1874 |
Out of service | 25 January 1905 |
Fate | Sold |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 182 tons |
Length | 148 ft (45 m) |
Beam | 26 ft 6 in (8.08 m) |
Draft | 11 ft 8 in (3.56 m) |
Sail plan | Schooner |
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