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Log Books of the U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey, 19th and 20th Centuries USC&GSS Taku General description, specifications and time line

USC&GSS Taku (NOAA Photo, click images to enlarge)

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(Named for Taku Inlet, southeast Alaska)

Characteristics: Steamer, built by George Kneass, San Francisco, California in 1898, cost $11,844.35, 70ft long x 23ft beam x 8ft draft.

Log Period and Areas of Service: 1898-1917, Alaskan waters.

Summary of Service - All mainly in Alaska.

Fate: Unknown.

 

A general note on the sources.

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Revised 01/02/2018

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