| | Thumbnail | | Creator | Date | Title / Author / Date / Location | Price | | | Description |
| 5090 |  | Details | Diamond Match Company | 1942 |
| Galapagos Islands survey by U.S.S. Bowditch match book cover |
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Diamond Match Company |
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| 1942 |
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| $40.00 | Diamond-Match-Company | Galapagos-Islands-survey-by-U-S-S--Bowditch-match-book-cover | Scarce matchbook cover for the 386-foot U.S. Navy survey vessel U.S.S. Bowditch with an index map for their cruises of 1942-1943 to the Galapagos Islands, a part of Chile. Manufactured by the Diamond Match Company N.Y.C.
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The USS Bowditch (AG 30) was first launched in 1929 at Copenhagen, Denmark, as the passenger ship Santa Inez. The Bowditch was outfitted as a surveying vessel and commissioned on 1 July 1940, with Commander E. E. Duval in command.
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Departing Norfolk on 9 January 1942, the U.S.S. Bowditch steamed south to conduct surveys of the waters between Panama and Colombia, off the Galápagos Islands, and off the Cocos Islands in Costa Rica.
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The following U.S. Navy charts were based on surveys conducted by the U.S.S. Bowditch in 1942 and 1943:
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<li># 5936 Approaches to Bahia Bartago, Archipielago de Colon (Galapagos Islands). 1942.</li>
<li># 5921 Eastern Approaches to Canal de San Salvador, Archipielago Colon (Galapagos Islands). 1943.</li>
<li># 5931 Western approaches to Canal Bolivar, Archipielago de Colon (Galapagos Island). 1942.</li>
<li># 5920 Isle Baltra, Archipielago de Colon (Galapagos Islands). 1942.</li>
<li># 5959: Golfo de Guyaquil. 1943.</li>
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The USS Bowditch was decommissioned in January, 1947 |