United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
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The United States Coast and Geodetic Survey (abbreviated USC&GS), known from 1807 to 1836 as the Survey of the Coast and from 1836 until 1878 as the United States Coast Survey, was the first scientific agency of the United States Government. It existed from 1807 to 1970, and throughout its history was responsible for mapping and charting the coast of the United States, and later the coasts of U.S. territories. In 1871, it gained the additional responsibility of surveying the interior of the United States and geodesy became a more important part of its work, leading to it being renamed the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey in 1878.
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United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
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United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
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'''Survey of the Coast (1807-1836)
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United States Coast Survey (1836-1878)
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United States Coast and Geodetic Survey (1878-1970)'''
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Commission pennants for U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey ships. The largest ships flew a pennant with 13 triangles , while smaller vessels flew a pennant with seven .
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1807-02-10
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NOAA commission pennant Class I vessels.PNG
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NOAA commission pennant Class II, III, and IV vessels.PNG
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File:Flag of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.svg
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The United States Coast and Geodetic Survey flag, in use from 1899 to 1970
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United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
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*U.S. Department of the Treasury
*U.S. Department of the Navy
*U.S. Department of the Treasury
*U.S. Department of Commerce and Labor
*U.S. Department of Commerce
*Environmental Science Services Administration
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The United States Coast and Geodetic Survey (abbreviated USC&GS), known from 1807 to 1836 as the Survey of the Coast and from 1836 until 1878 as the United States Coast Survey, was the first scientific agency of the United States Government. It existed from 1807 to 1970, and throughout its history was responsible for mapping and charting the coast of the United States, and later the coasts of U.S. territories. In 1871, it gained the additional responsibility of surveying the interior of the United States and geodesy became a more important part of its work, leading to it being renamed the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey in 1878. Long the U.S. Government's only scientific agency, the Survey accumulated other scientific and technical responsibilities as well, including astronomy, cartography, meteorology, geology, geophysics, hydrography, navigation, oceanography, exploration, pilotage, tides, and topography. It also was responsible for the standardization of weights and measures throughout the United States from 1836 to 1901. In 1959, it was assigned the responsibility for U.S. Government oceanographic studies worldwide. By the mid-19th century, the Coast and Geodetic Survey operated a fleet of survey ships that constituted a distinct seagoing service of the United States until 1970. The Survey supported U.S. military operations in wartime, and in 1917 the Coast and Geodetic Survey Corps was created as a new uniformed service of the United States to carry out both wartime and peacetime surveying and related operations. In 1970, the Coast and Geodetic Survey was abolished when it merged with other government agencies to create the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), but its elements were reorganized and incorporated into NOAA as the National Ocean Survey, later renamed the National Ocean Service. In addition to the National Ocean Service, NOAA's National Geodetic Survey, Office of Coast Survey, and NOAA fleet all trace their ancestry in whole or in part to the Coast and Geodetic Survey, and the NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps is the descendant of the Coast and Geodetic Survey Corps. In addition, the modern National Institute of Standards and Technology, although long separated from the Coast and Geodetic Survey, traces its ancestry to the Coast and Geodetic Survey's Office of Weights and Measures.
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United States Coast Survey
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'''Survey of the Coast
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United States Coast and Geodetic Survey '''
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File:U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey emblem.jpg
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The seal of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
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