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USC&GS ''Matchless'' was a wood, two masted schooner that served as a survey ship in the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey from 1885 to 1919. She was the only Coast and Geodetic Survey ship to bear the name and the last sailing vessel owned and operated by the Survey. ''Matchless'' was built at Key West, Florida, in 1859. The Coast and Geodetic Survey acquired her in 1885 and placed her in service that year. She was rebuilt at a cost of $50,000 (USD) in 1895. On February 28, 1915, officers and crew of ''Matchless'' helped put out a fire on Main Street in Edenton, North Carolina. On September 16, 1917, she helped the steamer ''White Wings'' off a shoal. While returning from Roanoke Island to Elizabeth City, North Carolina after completion of work in Croatan and Roanoke Sounds the ''Matchless'' was caught and held in ice from about December 24, 1917 until January 17, 1918. The ship then engaged in surveys requested by the Navy in the lower Chesapeake Bay, the York River and Mattaponi River during the first half of 1918. In her last years ''Matchless'' was used "as a house-boat" from which parties surveyed inland waters. She was surveyed and condemned in 1919, retired from Coast and Geodetic Survey service and sold June 28, 1919. The crew from the ''Matchless'' transferred to the steamer USC&GS ''Onward'' with the task of continuing the surveys in the York River and west shore of Chesapeake Bay.〔 ==Notes== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「USC&GS Matchless」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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