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Operational Activities

When: October 1834
Where: New York Harbor area
Part of: United States Survey of the Coast transferred to the Department of the Navy

The Survey acquired the schooner Jersey in 1834, and under Gedney's command it began depth sounding operations in October 1834.

In 1834, the U.S. Navy acquired the schooner Jersey, the Survey of the Coast's first ship. Under Gedney's command, the vessel began the Survey's first depth sounding operations in October 1834. The Jersey's subsequent work included the 1835 discovery of the Gedney Channel at the entrance to New York Harbor, which significantly reduced sailing times to and from New York City.

Sources

United States Coast and Geodetic Survey Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-09

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