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  WORK 
  OF 
  STEAMER 
  ALBATROSS. 
  

  

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  NAVIGATION 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  LIEUT. 
  SEATON 
  SCHROEDEE, 
  

   U. 
  S. 
  N., 
  NAVIGATOR. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  year 
  1885 
  the 
  cruising 
  of 
  the 
  Albatross 
  has 
  been 
  comprised 
  

   between 
  the 
  parallels 
  of 
  20° 
  and 
  48° 
  north 
  latitude, 
  and 
  the 
  meridians 
  

   of 
  49° 
  and 
  90° 
  30' 
  west 
  longitude. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  table 
  gives 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  days 
  under 
  way, 
  together 
  

   with 
  the 
  distances 
  run 
  and 
  the 
  object 
  of 
  each 
  trip 
  : 
  

  

  Date. 
  

  

  Object. 
  

  

  Distance. 
  

  

  January 
  4 
  to 
  10 
  

  

  January 
  12 
  

  

  January 
  10 
  

  

  January 
  17 
  to 
  20 
  

  

  January 
  21 
  to 
  23 
  

  

  January 
  20 
  to 
  February 
  3. 
  

  

  February 
  7 
  to 
  8 
  

  

  February 
  11 
  to 
  14 
  

  

  February 
  20 
  

  

  March 
  1 
  to 
  5 
  

  

  March 
  7 
  to 
  9 
  

  

  March 
  13 
  to 
  18.... 
  

  

  March 
  19 
  to 
  20 
  

  

  March 
  30 
  to 
  April 
  7 
  

  

  May 
  25 
  to 
  26 
  

  

  May 
  31 
  

  

  June 
  3 
  to 
  8 
  

  

  June 
  14 
  to 
  16 
  

  

  June 
  17 
  

  

  June 
  18to27 
  

  

  July 
  2 
  to 
  9 
  

  

  July 
  11 
  to 
  17. 
  

  

  August 
  7 
  to 
  13 
  

  

  August 
  28 
  to 
  September 
  5. 
  

  

  September 
  18 
  to 
  25 
  

  

  October 
  8 
  to 
  10 
  

  

  October 
  15 
  to 
  25 
  

  

  Total, 
  130 
  days 
  

  

  Sounding 
  and 
  dredging 
  

  

  Swinging 
  ship 
  

  

  Key 
  West. 
  Fla., 
  to 
  Havana, 
  Cuba 
  

  

  Sounding 
  and 
  dredging 
  

  

  do 
  

  

  do 
  

  

  Sounding, 
  dredging, 
  and 
  fishing 
  

  

  Sounding 
  and 
  dredging 
  

  

  Shifting 
  berth 
  

  

  Sounding 
  and 
  dredging 
  

  

  Sounding, 
  dredging, 
  and 
  fishing 
  

  

  do 
  

  

  do 
  

  

  do 
  

  

  Washington, 
  D. 
  C, 
  to 
  Baltimore, 
  Md 
  

  

  Baltimore, 
  Md., 
  to 
  Norfolk, 
  Va 
  

  

  Sounding, 
  dredging, 
  and 
  fishing 
  

  

  Washington, 
  D. 
  C, 
  to 
  Narragansett 
  Bay. 
  

  

  Swinging 
  ship 
  

  

  Sounding, 
  dredging, 
  and 
  fishing 
  

  

  do 
  

  

  do 
  

  

  do 
  

   Sounding 
  and 
  dredging. 
  

   Sounding, 
  dredging, 
  and 
  fishing. 
  

   Wood's 
  Holl, 
  Mass., 
  to 
  New 
  York. 
  

   Sounding, 
  dredging, 
  and 
  fishing 
  

  

  1, 
  009. 
  6 
  

  

  30.0 
  

  

  114.0 
  

  

  80.0 
  

  

  393. 
  

  

  774 
  4 
  

  

  267. 
  

  

  329.0 
  

  

  4.0 
  

  

  404. 
  

  

  347. 
  

  

  521 
  

  

  233.1 
  

  

  1, 
  109. 
  3 
  

   180.0 
  

   163.0 
  

   658.2 
  

   527. 
  

   25. 
  

  

  1, 
  433. 
  5 
  

   746.0 
  

   653.0 
  

   495. 
  

  

  1,014.(1 
  

   713.3 
  

   172.li 
  

  

  1, 
  249. 
  4 
  

  

  13, 
  705. 
  4 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  year 
  625 
  sounding 
  stations 
  have 
  been 
  occupied, 
  of 
  which 
  

   318 
  were 
  also 
  dredging 
  stations. 
  A 
  large 
  number 
  were 
  located 
  with 
  suf- 
  

   ficient 
  accuracy 
  to 
  be 
  of 
  hydrographic 
  value, 
  and 
  lists 
  of 
  such 
  were 
  sent 
  

   to 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Navigation, 
  Navy 
  Department. 
  Lists 
  of 
  those 
  near 
  

   the 
  United 
  States 
  coasts 
  were 
  also 
  sent 
  to 
  the 
  Coast 
  Survey 
  Office, 
  

   Treasury 
  Department. 
  

  

  Following 
  is 
  a 
  table 
  of 
  reported 
  banks 
  and 
  shoals 
  over 
  or 
  near 
  which 
  

   the 
  depths 
  were 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  positions 
  given 
  : 
  

  

  Name. 
  

  

  Hope 
  Bank 
  

  

  Do 
  

  

  Hamilton 
  Bank 
  

  

  Watson's 
  Bock 
  

  

  Do 
  

  

  Jesse 
  Ryder 
  Rock 
  

  

  Do 
  

  

  Five 
  Fathoms 
  (Green 
  Bank) 
  

  

  