Bache, 1869
The Bache was named for August Bache, a Superintendent of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.
Built at: Unknown
Cost: $7,000 (purchase price) $2,190 (outfitting)
Rig: schooner
Length: 81' 6"
Beam: 24'
Draft: 4' 6"
Displacement: 95 tons
Built: Unknown
Acquired: From US Coast Survey Commissioned: May 1869
Disposition: Decommissioned later in 1869; returned to Coast Survey.
Complement: Unknown
History:
The Coast Survey schooner USCSS A.D. Bache was transferred to the Lighthouse Service in May 1869 and commissioned. It was assigned to the 7th Lighthouse District for approximately 6 months.
Sources:
Douglas Peterson. United States Lighthouse Service Tenders, 1840-1939. Annapolis and Trappe, MD: Eastwind Publishing, 2000.