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''USCS Varina'' was a schooner that served as a survey ship in the United States Coast Survey, a predecessor of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, from 1854 to 1875. ''Varina'' was built in 1854 by Fardy Brothers at Baltimore, Maryland. She entered Coast Survey service that year. On more than one occasion, ''Varina'' assisted mariners in distress. In December 1856, at the request of the American consul in Havana, Cuba, ''Varina'' called at Nassau on New Providence in the Bahama Islands to take on board the crew and steerage passengers of the American ship ''Julia Howard'', which a short time earlier had wrecked on the Bahama Banks, leaving her crew and passengers destitute at New Providence. ''Varina'' transported ''Julia Howard''s crew to Havana, and then took her passengers and any crew who preferred it to Pensacola, Florida. In February 1858, in response to a request for help by the consignees of the schooner ''Georgia'', which had stranded a few days earlier about 30 nautical miles (56 kilometers) from Pensacola, ''Varina'' proceeded to the site of the wreck, but the combined efforts of the crews of ''Varina'' and ''Georgia'' failed to free ''Georgia''. On the night of 20 January 1858, ''Varina'' was at Pensacola, Florida, when a major fire broke out at the United States Armys Fort Pickens. Her hydrographic party, along with men and boats of the Coast Survey steamer USCS ''Robert J. Walker'', promptly assisted in fighting the fire. The next day, ''Varina''s commanding officer received a communication from Captain John Newton of the Army Corps of Engineers, commanding the harbor of Pensacola, acknowledging the important firefighting service rendered by ''Varina''. On the morning of 21 February 1860, the Russian bark ''Vesta'' ran aground on the north breaker at the Ossabaw entrance to the Savannah River off the coast of Georgia and was wrecked. ''Varina'' took ''Vesta''s officers and crew aboard and gave them shelter for the night, and ''Varina''s crew was able to assist in ultimately saving ''Vesta''s cargo and stores for ''Vesta''s and the cargos owners. The Russian vice consul at Savannah acknowledged ''Varina''s assistance to ''Vesta''. ''Varina'' was retired from Coast Survey service in 1875. ==References== *(NOAA History, A Science Odyssey: Tools of the Trade: Ships: Coast and Geodetic Survey Ships: Varina ) *(NOAA History, A Science Odyssey: Hall of Honor: In the Line of Duty 1846-1936 ) *(NOAA History, A Science Odyssey: Hall of Honor: Lifesaving and Protection of Property by the Coast & Geodetic Survey 1845-1937 ) 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「USCS Varina」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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