USC&GS Explorer (OSS 28)

	USC&GS Explorer (OSS 28) underway in the Atlantic Ocean ca. 1965.
History
United States
Name	USC&GS Explorer (OSS 28)
Namesake	Explorer, one who seeks out new information by means of travel
Builder	Lake Washington Shipyard, Houghton, Washington
Launched	14 October 1939
Acquired	delivered 9 March 1940
Commissioned	Spring 1940
Decommissioned	1968
General characteristics
Type	Ocean survey ship (OSS)
Displacement	1,500 tons (light); 1,800 tons (loaded);
Length	220 ft 8 in (67.26 m)
Beam	38 ft (12 m)
Draft	15 ft 2 in (4.62 m) (loaded)
Depth	23 ft 2 in (7.06 m)
Installed power	2x 50 kW, 115 V Westinghouse direct current turbogenerators; 1x 25 kW Westinghouse AC/DC converter for shore power conversion; 5 kW generator for sounding equipment and 10 kW emergency diesel-driven generator.
Propulsion	2 Babcock & Wilcox (B&W) superheated boilers fired by B&W burners driving a double reduction geared DeLaval turbine developing 2,000 horsepower(1,491 kW)
Speed	12 knots
Range	7,000 miles
Boats & landing ; craft carried	4 x 30 ft (9.1 m) survey launches; 2 x other launches; 2 x 24 ft (7.3 m) whaleboats; 2 x non-magnetic whaleboats; 6 x 16-and-20 ft (4.9-and-6.1 m) skiffs and dories.;
Complement	up to 90 (including crew, technical and survey personnel)
Sensors and ; processing systems	Fathometer, a Dorsey sonic depth finder, a Hughes automatic depth recorder system, a special taut-wire measuring gear with 120 nautical miles (138 statute miles; 222 km) of fine wire and several tons of iron balls, and hydrophones.

The second USC&GS Explorer (OSS 28) was a survey ship that served in the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey from 1940 to 1968. She operated in the Pacific Ocean from 1940 to 1960, seeing service there during World War II, and in the Atlantic Ocean from 1960 to 1968.

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