page_title: USC&GS A. D. Bache (1901)
section_title: USC&GS Service 1919-1927
hierarchical_section_title: USC&GS A. D. Bache (1901) / USC&GS Service 1919-1927
caption_attribution_description: English: Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship A. D. Bache In service 1901-1927.
context_page_description: USC&GS A. D. Bache, often referred to only as Bache, continued the name of the Bache of 1871 and has been confused, including in the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, with that ship even though an entirely new hull and boiler were built in 1901 and only the name and some machinery and instruments were transferred to the new hull. The Bache of 1901 was transferred to the U.S. Navy for World War I service between 24 September 1917 through 21 June 1919 when she was returned to the Coast and Geodetic Survey.
context_section_description: 1920-21: surveys Chesapeake Bay entrance to Delaware Bay. including shoreline topography and current measurements. In October, 1920 the steamer began work in the vicinity of Savannah and Tybee Island, Georgia to Hilton Head, South Carolina until December when unfavorable weather closed the season and the ship was ordered to Baltimore for repairs. After experiencing "exceedingly disagreeable weather" on the voyage from Charleston to Cape Hatteras the ship was turned over to the Coast Guard depot in Baltimore for repairs on January 5, 1921. On February 8, 1921 the ship returned to surveys north of Chesapeake Bay.
caption: Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship Bache in 1922.
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