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

Benton Harbor, Michigan

Benton Harbor is a city in Berrien County in the U.S. state of Michigan which is located west of Kalamazoo. The population was 10,038 at the 2010 census. It is the lesser populated of the two principal cities included in the Niles-Benton Harbor, Michigan Metropolitan Statistical Area, which has a...

, Michigan

Michigan

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, in 1942.

Wainwright and her sister ship USC&GS Hilgard

USC&GS Hilgard (1942)

USC&GS Hilgard was a survey ship that served in the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey from 1942 to 1967.Hilgard was built by Robinson Marine at Benton Harbor, Michigan, in 1942....

 conducted wire drag hydrographic survey

Hydrographic survey

Hydrographic survey is the science of measurement and description of features which affect maritime navigation, marine construction, dredging, offshore oil exploration/drilling and related disciplines. Strong emphasis is placed on soundings, shorelines, tides, currents, sea floor and submerged...

 operations together along the United States East Coast until 1967, when they were replaced by USC&GS Rude and USC&GS Heck.