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After the conclusion of the American Civil War, the Coast Survey attracted some of the best and brightest scientists and [[naturalist]]s. It commissioned the naturalist [[Louis Agassiz]] to conduct the first scientific study of the [[Florida Reef|Florida reef system]]. [[James McNeill Whistler]], who went on to paint the iconic ''[[Whistler's Mother]]'', was a Coast Survey [[engraving|engraver]]. The naturalist [[John Muir]] was a guide and artist on a survey of the [[39th parallel north|39th parallel]] across the [[Great Basin]] of [[Nevada]] and [[Utah]]. | After the conclusion of the American Civil War, the Coast Survey attracted some of the best and brightest scientists and [[naturalist]]s. It commissioned the naturalist [[Louis Agassiz]] to conduct the first scientific study of the [[Florida Reef|Florida reef system]]. [[James McNeill Whistler]], who went on to paint the iconic ''[[Whistler's Mother]]'', was a Coast Survey [[engraving|engraver]]. The naturalist [[John Muir]] was a guide and artist on a survey of the [[39th parallel north|39th parallel]] across the [[Great Basin]] of [[Nevada]] and [[Utah]]. | ||
The agency was renamed the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey in 1878.<ref name="NOAA"/><ref name="timeline18071899"/><ref name=archivescatalog/> Its men and women (women professionals were hired as early as 1845) led scientific and engineering activities through the decades. They supported the U.S. war effort during the [[Spanish American War]] (1898) and | The agency was renamed the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey in 1878.<ref name="NOAA"/><ref name="timeline18071899"/><ref name=archivescatalog/> Its men and women (women professionals were hired as early as 1845) led scientific and engineering activities through the decades. They supported the U.S. war effort during the [[Spanish American War]] (1898) and World War I (1917–1918). In 1926, they started production of [[aeronautical chart]]s.<ref name="NOAA"/><ref name="timeline18071899"/> During the height of the [[Great Depression in the United States|Great Depression]] in the 1930s, the Coast and Geodetic Survey organized surveying parties and field offices that employed over 10,000 people, including many out-of-work engineers.<ref>[http://www.lib.noaa.gov/noaainfo/heritage/coastandgeodeticsurvey/index.html Coast and Geodetic Survey Heritage] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151219185106/http://www.lib.noaa.gov/noaainfo/heritage/coastandgeodeticsurvey/index.html |date=2015-12-19 }}</ref> | ||
In [[World War II]], the Coast and Geodetic Survey sent over 1,000 civilian members and more than half of its [[NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps|commissioned officers]] to serve as [[Hydrography|hydrographers]], [[artillery]] surveyors, [[cartography|cartographers]], U.S. Army engineers, intelligence officers, and [[Geophysics|geophysicists]] in all theaters of the war. Coast and Geodetic Survey civilians on the home front produced over 100 million maps and charts for the [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] Forces. Eleven members of the Survey were killed during the war. | In [[World War II]], the Coast and Geodetic Survey sent over 1,000 civilian members and more than half of its [[NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps|commissioned officers]] to serve as [[Hydrography|hydrographers]], [[artillery]] surveyors, [[cartography|cartographers]], U.S. Army engineers, intelligence officers, and [[Geophysics|geophysicists]] in all theaters of the war. Coast and Geodetic Survey civilians on the home front produced over 100 million maps and charts for the [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] Forces. Eleven members of the Survey were killed during the war. | ||