USCS Bowditch
| History | |
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| Name: | Bowditch |
| Namesake: | Nathaniel Bowditch (1773-1878), a mathematician and author |
| Commissioned: | 1854 |
| Decommissioned: | 1874 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Schooner |
| Length: | 70 ft (21 m) |
| Beam: | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
| Draft: | 2.9 ft (0.88 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Schooner-rigged |
USCS Bowditch was a schooner that served as a survey ship in the United States Coast Survey from 1854 to 1874.
Bowditch spent her entire Coast Survey career operating along the United States East Coast.
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