USCS Baltimore

History

United States
Name:	Baltimore
Acquired:	1851
Commissioned:	1851
Decommissioned:	1858
General characteristics
Type:	Survey ship (schooner)
Tonnage:	114 tons
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Schooner-rigged

For ships with a similar name, see USS Baltimore.

USCS Baltimore was a schooner that served as a survey ship in the United States Coast Survey from 1851 to 1858.

The Coast Survey acquired Baltimore in 1851 for the use of the hydrographic surveying party of Richard D. Cutts while it was working on the central California coast. She spent her career operating along the United States West Coast and was retired in 1858.

References

NOAA History, A Science Odyssey: Tools of the Trade: Ships: Coast and Geodetic Survey Ships: Baltimore

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