USCS Belle

USCS Belle was a schooner that served as a survey vessel in the United States Coast Survey from 1848 to 1857.

History
United States
NameBelle
Acquired1848
FateWrecked 1857
NotesSank in 1853, but raised and repaired in 1854
General characteristics
TypeSchooner
Length60 ft (18 m)
Beam16 ft (4.9 m)
Draft4 ft (1.2 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planSchooner-rigged

The Coast Survey acquired Belle from the United States Army Quartermaster Department in 1848 and placed her in service along the Gulf Coast of the United States, where she spent her entire Coast Survey career.

Belle sank in a gale at the end of the 1853 surveying season, but she was raised in 1854 and returned to service. She was lost on an uncharted shoal off St. Andrews Bay, Florida, in 1857.

References

30.151°N 85.697°W / 30.151; -85.697

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