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USS Oceanographer
USS ''Oceanographer'' (AGS-3) was a survey ship of the United States Navy during World War II that produced charts chiefly of passages in the Solomon Islands area of the Pacific Ocean. Upon transfer to the Navy, she had initially briefly been named and classed as gunboat USS ''Natchez'' (PG-85). Before her World War II Navy service, she had been USC&GS ''Oceanographer'' (OSS-26), a survey ship with the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey from 1930. From her launch in 1898 to 1930, she had been ''Corsair III'', a private steam yacht of American industrialist J. P. Morgan, except for a brief period during World War I. During that conflict, the United States Navy chartered her as patrol vessel USS ''Corsair'' (SP-159). She accompanied the American Expeditionary Force to France in 1917 and patrolled off the west coast of that country. After putting in for needed repairs in June 1944, ''Oceanographer'', after further inspection, was instead decommissioned in September and broken u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corsair (American Steam Yacht, 1899)
A corsair is a privateer or pirate, especially: * Barbary corsairs, Barbary corsair, Ottoman and Berber privateers operating from North Africa * French corsairs, privateers operating on behalf of the French crown Corsair may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Comic books * Corsair (character), Corsair, a Marvel Comics character, a “space pirate” and the father of X-Men superheroes Cyclops (Marvel Comics), Cyclops and Havok (comics), Havok * New X-Men (2004 series), Corsairs Squad, an Xavier Institute training squad Novels * ''Corsair'', a nautical historical novel by Dudley Pope, published in 1987 * Corsair (Bunch novel), ''Corsair'' (Bunch novel), a 2001 fantasy novel by Chris Bunch * Corsair (Cussler novel), ''Corsair'' (Cussler novel), a 2009 adventure novel by Clive Cussler Music * ''Il corsaro'' (''The Corsair''), an 1848 opera by Giuseppe Verdi * Le Corsaire (overture), an 1844 overture by Hector Berlioz * The Corsairs, a 1960s doo-wop group * "Corsair", a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
