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Name: | Bowditch |
Namesake: | Nathaniel Bowditch (1773-1878), a mathematician and author |
Commissioned: | 1854 |
Decommissioned: | 1874 |
General characteristics | |
Type: | Schooner |
Length: | 70 ft (21 m) |
Beam: | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
Draft: | 2.9 ft (0.88 m) |
Propulsion: | Sails |
Sail plan: | Schooner-rigged |
USCS Bowditch was a schooner that served as a survey ship in the United States Coast Survey from 1854 to 1874.
Bowditch spent her entire Coast Survey career operating along the United States East Coast.
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