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USC&GS Carlile P. Patterson
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USC&GS Carlile P. Patterson was a survey ship of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey in operation between 1883 and 1918. Subsequently, she had a brief period of naval service and fifteen seasons as a merchant vessel before she was wrecked on the Alaska coast in 1938.
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Name | USC&GS Carlile P. Patterson |
Namesake | Carlile P. Patterson (1816–1881), Superintendent of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey |
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Ordered | 1883 |
Builder | James D. Leary, Brooklyn, New York |
Cost | $100,000 |
Launched | January 15, 1884 |
Sponsored by | Miss Katie Patterson, daughter of the late Capt. Carlile P. Patterson |
Commissioned | April 1, 1884 |
Recommissioned | 1918 (United States Navy) |
Decommissioned | 1919 |
In service | 1884–1919, 1924–1938 |
Out of service | 1919–1924 (?) |
Renamed | Forward, August 15, 1918; Patterson 1924 or earlier |
Fate | Wrecked, 1938 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Survey ship |
Tonnage | 604 |
Displacement | 719 |
Length | 163 ft (49.7 m) |
Beam | 27.4 ft (8.4 m) |
Draft | 14.2 ft (4.3 m) |
Depth of hold | 10.3 ft (3.1 m) |
Decks | 2 |
Deck clearance | 7 ft (2.1 m) upper deck |
Installed power | Cross compound vertical steam engine, cylinders 17 and 31 inches × 28 inch stroke, 215 ihp; replaced by 325 hp diesel 1924 |
Propulsion | 8 ft screw |
Sail plan | Barkentine |
Speed | 7–9 knots (13–17 km/h; 8.1–10.4 mph) (steam) |
Boats & landing craft carried | 7 |
Crew | 12–13 officers, 40–46 crewmen |
Armament | Gatling guns; 2 × 6-pounder guns during naval service |
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