USC&GS Marmer
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USC&GS Marmer was a United States Coast and Geodetic Survey survey ship in commission from 1957 to 1968.
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USC&GS Marmer undergoing sea trials at Curtis Bay, Baltimore, Maryland, in the autumn of 1957 after her conversion to a survey ship. | |
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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[1] |
Length | 100.7 ft (30.7 m) |
Beam | 22 ft (6.7 m) |
Draft | 10 ft (3.0 m) |
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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.