Uscs Vanderbilt

History
United States
Name:	Vanderbilt
Completed:	1842
Commissioned:	1842
Decommissioned:	1855
General characteristics
Type:	Schooner; Survey ship
Length:	47.6 ft (14.5 m)
Beam:	15.4 ft (4.7 m)
Draft:	3.6 ft (1.1 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Schooner-rigged

USCS Vanderbilt was a schooner that served as a survey ship in the United States Coast Survey from 1842 to 1855.

Vanderbilt was built in 1842 and entered service with the Coast Survey that year. She spent her career along the United States East Coast.

Vanderbilt was retired in 1855.

References

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

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