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Log Books of the U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey, 19th and 20th Centuries USC&GSS Wildcat General description, specifications and time line |
Palisade Lagoon, some 200 miles south of Anchorage, Alaska. At the base of 550ft cliff (NOAA Photo, click images to enlarge) |
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Characteristics: Steam launch, 65ft long x 15ft beam x 6ft draft.
Log Period and Areas of Service: 1919-1941, Alaskan waters.
Summary of Service
Entire Coast and Geodetic Survey career, 1919-1941, in Alaskan waters.
June 1923 - Helped float M/S Anvil, run aground in Isanotski Strait.
Fate: Sold 1941.
Links: DANFS, NOAA History site, Wikipedia
A general note on the sources.