 After her Navy service, "PCS-1450" was transferred to the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, where she saw service as the coastal survey ship USC&GS "Hodgson" (CSS 26) from 1946 to 1967.The ship was laid down as "PC-1450" on 16 February 1943 by the Burger Boat Company in Manitowoc, Wisconsin.Reclassified as a "patrol craft sweeper" (PCS) in April 1943 and redesignated "PCS-1450", she was launched on 14 August 1943 and commissioned as USS "PCS-1450" on 3 February 1944.