USC&GS Patton (ASV-80)

USC&GS Patton (ASV-80) in southeast Alaska.
History
United States
Name:	Patton
Namesake:	Rear Admiral Raymond Stanton Patton (1882-1937), 12th Director of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (1929-1937)
Completed:	1941
In service:	1941
Out of service:	1967
Fate:	Sold; became private yacht Gyrfalcon
General characteristics
Type:	Survey ship
Length:	88 ft (27 m)
Beam:	21 ft (6.4 m)
Draft:	8 ft (2.4 m)
Propulsion:	Twin diesel engines

USC&GS Patton (ASV-80) was a survey ship that served in the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey from 1941 to 1967.

Patton was built in 1941, by Sagstad Shipyard at Ballard, Washington. She served in the Pacific during her Survey career, including in Alaskan waters.

Patton was retired in 1967 and sold.

The ship became a private yacht, most recently named Gyrfalcon. She is based in the Seattle, Washington, area.

References

• NOAA Photo Library: Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship PATTON

Coast and Geodetic auxiliary survey vessels USC&GS Lester Jones (ASV 79) and Patton, and (at rear) coastal survey vessel USC&GS Hodgson (CSS 26), sometime between 1946 and 1967.