USC&GS Wainwright (1942)

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Career (United States)
Wainwright conducting wire drag operations.
Name:	Wainwright
Builder:	Robinson Marine, Benton Harbor, Michigan
Completed:	1942
In service:	1942
Out of service:	1967
General characteristics
Type:	Survey ship
Length:	66 ft (20 m)
Beam:	14 ft 8 in (4.47 m)
Draft:	3 ft 5 in (1.04 m)
Propulsion:	Twin diesel engines

USC&GS Wainwright was a survey ship that served in the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey from 1942 to 1967.

Wainwright was built by Robinson Marine at Benton Harbor, Michigan, in 1942.

A United States Coast and Geodetic Survey diagram of ca. 1920 of wire drag hydrographic survey operations as carried out by Wainwright and her sister ship Hilgard. The basic principle is to drag a wire attached to two vessels; if the wire encounters an obstruction it will come taut and form a "V."

Wainwright and her sister ship USC&GS Hilgard conducted wire drag hydrographic survey operations together along the United States East Coast until 1967, when they were replaced by USC&GS Rude and USC&GS Heck.

References

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

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