page_title: USCS Robert J. Walker (1844)
hierarchical_section_title: USCS Robert J. Walker (1844)
caption_attribution_description: English: Painting of the US Coastal Survey ship Robert J. Walker by Philadelphia (?) artist W.A.C. Martin in 1852. Painting now in The Mariners' Museum in Newport News, VA. The ship sank after a collision in 1860 10 miles SE of Abescon (Atlantic City) New Jersey, with 20 lives lost. Wreck recently rediscovered and placed on the NRHP. Martins seems to have painted mainly ships, but this seems to be his only work on Commons This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 14000064 More images
context_page_description: USCS Robert J. Walker was a survey ship that served in the United States Coast Survey, a predecessor of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, from 1848 until sinking in 1860 after a collision at sea. Her loss resulted in the death of 20 men, the greatest loss of life in single incident ever to befall the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or any of its ancestor agencies.
context_section_description: USCS Robert J. Walker was a survey ship that served in the United States Coast Survey, a predecessor of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, from 1848 until sinking in 1860 after a collision at sea. Her loss resulted in the death of 20 men, the greatest loss of life in single incident ever to befall the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or any of its ancestor agencies.
caption: An 1852 painting of Robert J. Walker by W. A. C. Martin in the collection of the Mariners' Museum in Newport News, Virginia
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