USC&GS Westdahl  USC&GS "Westdahl" was a survey ship that served in the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey from 1929 to 1946. "Westdahl" was built in 1929 at Portland, Oregon, and entered Coast and Geodetic Survey service that year. She spent her career along the United States West Coast. On 6 October 1935, "Westdahl" towed the disabled fishing boat "Diana" from Point Retreat on the northern tip of Admiralty Island in southeast Alaska to Juneau, Alaska. "Westdahl" was retired from Coast and Geodetic Survey service in 1946.