USC&GS Marmer
USC&GS Marmer undergoing sea trials at Curtis Bay, Baltimore, Maryland, in the autumn of 1957 after her conversion to a survey ship. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| U.S. Public Health Service | |
| Name | USPHS Walter Wyman |
| Namesake | Walter Wyman (1848–1911), Surgeon General of the United States (1891–1911) |
| Builder | Spedden Shipbuilding, Baltimore, Maryland |
| Commissioned | 1932 |
| Decommissioned | 1957 |
| Fate | Transferred to U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey 24 May 1957 |
| History | |
| U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey | |
| Name | USC&GS Marmer |
| Namesake | Harry A. Marmer (1885–1953), U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey mathematician and oceanographer noted for his study of tides and currents |
| Acquired | 24 May 1957 |
| Commissioned | 1957 |
| Decommissioned | 1968 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Survey ship |
| Tonnage | 196 Gross register tons |
| Length | 100.7 ft (30.7 m) |
| Beam | 22 ft (6.7 m) |
| Draft | 10 ft (3.0 m) |
USC&GS Marmer was a United States Coast and Geodetic Survey survey ship in commission from 1957 to 1968.
Prior to her Coast and Geodetic Survey career, she served as the United States Public Health Service boarding tug USPHS Walter Wyman from 1932 to 1957.