USC&GS Yukon (1873)
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For other ships with the same name, see USC&GS Yukon.
USC&GS Yukon was a schooner that served as a survey ship from 1878 to 1894 in the United States Coast Survey, which was renamed the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey in 1878. She was the pioneering Coast Survey or Coast and Geodetic Survey ship in many of the waters of the Territory of Alaska, including the Bering Sea and the western Aleutian Islands, and she also operated extensively in California and Washington. She later entered commercial service as Elwood and was wrecked in 1895.
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Name | USCS Yukon |
Commissioned | 1873 |
Renamed | USC&GS Yukon (1878) |
Fate | Sold 1894 |
Notes | The U.S. Coast Survey was renamed the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey in 1878 |
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Name | Elwood |
Identification | Signal letters: QVTN |
Fate | Wrecked 14 December 1895 |
General characteristics as survey ship | |
Type | Survey ship |
Tonnage | 101 |
Length | 84 ft (26 m) |
Beam | 22 ft 2 in (6.8 m) |
Draft | 9 ft (2.7 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Schooner-rigged |
General characteristics in commercial service | |
Type | Schooner |
Tonnage | |
Length | 84 ft (25.6 m) |
Beam | 23 ft (7.0 m) |
Depth | 8 ft (2.4 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Schooner-rigged |
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