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Launching ceremony of Coast and Geodetic Survey shipEXPLORER

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Launching ceremony of Coast and Geodetic Survey shipEXPLORER. (Image credit: Courtesy of the family of Captain Ray Schoppe, USC&GS; (dec.) | 1939 October 14)

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Courtesy of the family of Captain Ray Schoppe, USC&GS; (dec.)

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1939 October 14