USC&GS Pioneer (1918)
Pioneer | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Pioneer |
| Namesake | Pioneer, one who goes before, as into the wilderness, preparing the way for others to follow |
| Builder | Gas Engine and Power Company, Morris Heights, New York |
| Laid down | 14 November 1917 |
| Launched | 14 November 1918 or 19 November 1918 |
| Completed | January 1919 |
| Acquired | 7 April 1922 by U.S. Department of Commerce via transfer from U.S. Navy |
| In service | 1922 |
| Out of service | 1941 |
| Nickname(s) | Pioneer and survey ships USC&GS Discoverer and USC&GS Guide collectively were known as the "Bird Boats" |
| Fate | Transferred to U.S. Navy 1941 |
| Notes |
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| General characteristics | |
| Type | Survey ship |
| Length | 187 ft (57 m) |
| Beam | 35.6 ft (10.9 m) |
| Draft | 12.6 ft (3.8 m) |
| Installed power | 1,400 shaft horsepower (1.05 megawatts) |
| Propulsion | Two 200-psi Babcock & Wilcox boilers; Harlan and Hollingsworth vertical triple expansion engine; one shaft |
| Speed | 14 knots |
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USC&GS Pioneer was a survey ship that served in the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey from 1922 to 1941. She was the first ship of the Coast and Geodetic Survey to bear the name.