USC&GS George S. Blake, in service 1874–1905, is, with the U.S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross, one of only two US oceanographic vessels with her name inscribed in the façade of the Oceanographic Museum, Monaco due to her being "the most innovative oceanographic vessel of the Nineteenth Century" with development of deep ocean exploration through introduction of steel cable for sounding, dredging and deep anchoring and data collection for the "first truly modern bathymetric map of a deep sea area."
USC&GS George S. Blake c.1870s
Sigsbee Sounding Machine – invented by Charles D. Sigsbee and modified from Thomson Sounding Machine. Basic design of ocean sounding instruments stayed the same for the next 50 years. Here the sounding machine is used to set a Pillsbury current meter at a known depth. In: The Gulf Stream, by John Elliott Pillsbury, 1891. Note caption on photo: "Sounding Machine And Current Meter in Place, Steamer Blake"
Coast and Geodetic Survey steamer Blake, Washington Navy Yard, c. 1880.
1882 book about the steamer "Blake" by U. S. Navy Lieutenant-Commander Charles Sigsbee
Oceanographic Museum of Monaco
The Oceanographic Museum is a museum of marine sciences in Monaco-Ville, Monaco.
This building is part of the Institut océanographique, which is committed to sharing its knowledge of the oceans.
Exterior of the Museum
The building rises from the cliffside rock.
A view of the interior of the museum.
Aerial view of the Rock with the museum.
