Executive Order 9072—Transferring Certain Vessels and Personnel From the Coast and Geodetic Survey to the War and Navy Departments

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 16 of the act of May 22, 1917, 40 Stat. 87 (U.S.C., title 33, sec. 855), and as President of the United States, and in view of the existing national emergency, it is hereby ordered as follows:

1. The following-named vessels are transferred from the Coast and Geodetic Survey to the service and jurisdiction of the Navy Department:

          PIONEER (Ex ARGUS)
          GUIDE (Ex ANDRADITE)
          PRATT (Ex (YP-96)

2. The following-named commissioned officers are hereby transferred from the Coast and Geodetic Survey to the service and jurisdiction of the Navy Department:

          Lieut. Comdr. Lyman D. Graham
          Lieut. Comdr. George L. Bean
          Lieut. Charles M. Thomas
          Lieut. William .M. Gibson
          Lieut, (jg) Walter J. Chovan
          Lieut, (jg) Junius T. Jarman
          Lieut, (jg) Edgar F. Hicks, Jr.
          Ensign Ernst E. Stohsner
          Ensign Charles A. Schoene

3. The following-named commissioned officers are hereby transferred from the Coast and Geodetic Survey to the service and jurisdiction of the War Department:

          Lieut. Ralph W. Woodworth
          Lieut. Albert J. Hoskinson
          Lieut. H. Arnold Karo
          Lieut. Hubert A. Paton
          Lieut. Riley J. Sipe
          Lieut. Frank G. Johnson
          Lieut. Alvin C. Thorson
          Lieut, (jg) Maurice A. Hecht
          Lieut, (jg) William C. Russell
          Ensign Fair J. Bryant

4. The above-named officers shall, while under the jurisdiction of the War or Navy Department, serve under their commissions in the Coast and Geodetic Survey, and while so serving shall constitute a part of the active military or naval forces of the United States and shall be under direct orders of the War or Navy Department and subject to the laws, regulations, and orders for the government of the Army or Navy so far as they may be applicable.

5. The above-named vessels and officers shall be returned to the Coast and Geodetic Survey when the present national emergency ceases to exist.

FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT

The White House,
February 24, 1942.