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In 1955, the Coast and Geodetic Survey ship [[USS Mobjack (AGP-7)|USC&GS ''Pioneer'' (OSS 31)]] conducted a survey in the Pacific Ocean off the [[West Coast of the United States|United States West Coast]] towing a [[magnetometer]] invented by the [[Scripps Institution of Oceanography]]. The first such survey in history, it discovered [[Plate tectonics|magnetic striping]] on the seafloor, a key finding in the development of the theory of [[plate tectonics]].<ref name="timeline19001969" /> | In 1955, the Coast and Geodetic Survey ship [[USS Mobjack (AGP-7)|USC&GS ''Pioneer'' (OSS 31)]] conducted a survey in the Pacific Ocean off the [[West Coast of the United States|United States West Coast]] towing a [[magnetometer]] invented by the [[Scripps Institution of Oceanography]]. The first such survey in history, it discovered [[Plate tectonics|magnetic striping]] on the seafloor, a key finding in the development of the theory of [[plate tectonics]].<ref name="timeline19001969" /> | ||
The Coast and Geodetic Survey participated in the [[International Geophysical Year]] (IGY) of July 1, 1957, to December 31, 1958. During the IGY, 67 countries cooperated in a worldwide effort to collect, share, and study data on eleven [[Earth science]]s – [[aurora]] and [[airglow]], [[cosmic ray]]s, [[Earth's magnetic field|geomagnetism]], [[gravity]], [[ionosphere|ionospheric physics]], longitude and | The Coast and Geodetic Survey participated in the [[International Geophysical Year]] (IGY) of July 1, 1957, to December 31, 1958. During the IGY, 67 countries cooperated in a worldwide effort to collect, share, and study data on eleven [[Earth science]]s – [[aurora]] and [[airglow]], [[cosmic ray]]s, [[Earth's magnetic field|geomagnetism]], [[gravity]], [[ionosphere|ionospheric physics]], longitude and latitude determinations for precision mapping, [[meteorology]], [[oceanography]], [[seismology]], and [[Space weather|solar activity]].<ref name="timeline19001969" /> | ||
In 1959, the Coast and Geodetic Survey{{'}}s charter was extended to give it the responsibility for U.S. government oceanographic studies worldwide.<ref name="noaahistoryuscgs" /> In 1963, it became the first U.S. government scientific agency to take part in an international cooperative oceanographic/[[Meteorology|meteorological]] project when the survey ship [[USC&GS Explorer (OSS 28)|USC&GS ''Explorer'' (OSS 28)]] made a scientific cruise in support of the [[EQUALANT I]] and [[EQUALANT II]] subprojects of the [[International Cooperative Investigations of the Tropical Atlantic]] (ICITA) project.<ref>[http://www.history.noaa.gov/ships/explorer2.html NOAA History, A Science Odyssey: Tools of the Trade: Ships: Coast and Geodetic Survey Ships: Explorer]</ref><ref>[http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/copepod/data/equalant/index.html nmfs.noaa.gov EQUALANT]</ref><ref>[http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/copepod/data/equalant/html_src/cruises.html nmfs.noaa.gov SHIP & CRUISE SUMMARY] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924105405/http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/copepod/data/equalant/html_src/cruises.html |date=September 24, 2015 }}</ref> In 1964, a Coast and Geodetic Survey ship operated in the [[Indian Ocean]] for the first time, when ''Pioneer'' took part in the [[International Indian Ocean Expedition]], an international effort to study the Indian Ocean that lasted from 1959 to 1965.<ref>[http://www.history.noaa.gov/ships/pioneer3.html NOAA History, A Science Odyssey: Tools of the Trade: Ships: Coast and Geodetic Survey Ships: Pioneer]</ref> | In 1959, the Coast and Geodetic Survey{{'}}s charter was extended to give it the responsibility for U.S. government oceanographic studies worldwide.<ref name="noaahistoryuscgs" /> In 1963, it became the first U.S. government scientific agency to take part in an international cooperative oceanographic/[[Meteorology|meteorological]] project when the survey ship [[USC&GS Explorer (OSS 28)|USC&GS ''Explorer'' (OSS 28)]] made a scientific cruise in support of the [[EQUALANT I]] and [[EQUALANT II]] subprojects of the [[International Cooperative Investigations of the Tropical Atlantic]] (ICITA) project.<ref>[http://www.history.noaa.gov/ships/explorer2.html NOAA History, A Science Odyssey: Tools of the Trade: Ships: Coast and Geodetic Survey Ships: Explorer]</ref><ref>[http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/copepod/data/equalant/index.html nmfs.noaa.gov EQUALANT]</ref><ref>[http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/copepod/data/equalant/html_src/cruises.html nmfs.noaa.gov SHIP & CRUISE SUMMARY] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924105405/http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/copepod/data/equalant/html_src/cruises.html |date=September 24, 2015 }}</ref> In 1964, a Coast and Geodetic Survey ship operated in the [[Indian Ocean]] for the first time, when ''Pioneer'' took part in the [[International Indian Ocean Expedition]], an international effort to study the Indian Ocean that lasted from 1959 to 1965.<ref>[http://www.history.noaa.gov/ships/pioneer3.html NOAA History, A Science Odyssey: Tools of the Trade: Ships: Coast and Geodetic Survey Ships: Pioneer]</ref> | ||