USC&GS Pathfinder (OSS 30)
USC&GS Pathfinder was commissioned as a U.S. Navy vessel during World War II.
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| Name: | USC&GSS Pathfinder |
| Namesake: | USC&GSS Pathfinder (1899-1941) |
| Builder: | Lake Washington Shipyard, Houghton, Washington |
| Laid down: | 20 February 1941 for U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey |
| Launched: | 11 January 1942, christened by Eleanor Roosevelt Boettinger |
| Completed: | 31 August 1942 |
| Acquired: | 31 August 1942 as USS Pathfinder (AGS-1) |
| Commissioned: | 31 August 1942 |
| Decommissioned: | 31 January 1946 |
| Struck: | 13 November 1946 |
| Honors and awards: |
2 battle stars, World War II |
| Fate: | Returned to the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1 October 1946. Served as USC&GSS Pathfinder (OSS 30) until Deactivated 23 December 1971. Scrapped at General Auto Wrecking Co. of Ballard, Washington in 1972. |
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| Displacement: | 2,175 t |
| Length: | 229 ft 4 in (69.90 m) |
| Beam: | 39 ft (12 m) |
| Draft: | 16 ft (4.9 m) |
| Speed: | 14 knots (26 km/h) |
| Complement: | 158 |
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USS Pathfinder (AGS-1) was a survey vessel for the United States Navy during World War II. Before and after the war she was USC&GSS Pathfinder (OSS-30) for the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, named after the USC&GSS Pathfinder (1899-1941) that had surveyed and was lost in the Philippines at Corregidor. Pathfinder ended her service 23 December 1971 as she and the Coast and Geodetic Survey itself had come the National Ocean Survey under the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Pathfinder was built by the Lake Washington Shipyard of Houghton, Washington with her keel laid 20 February 1941, christened by Eleanor Roosevelt Boettinger, granddaughter of the president, launched 11 January 1942 and completed 31 August 1942 with armament as a request by Navy as the ship's transfer had been approved by Department of Commerce before completion. The ship had been completed at a cost of $1,265,448 which was slightly under estimated costs. She was acquired by the U.S. Navy and commissioned 31 August 1942, with Capt. Bascom H. Thomas, USNR, in command.
A sea-going arm of the U.S. Navy's Hydrographic Office, Pathfinder spent the war years paving the way for amphibious invasion.
After shakedown in the Puget Sound area of Washington and a stop at San Francisco, Pathfinder got under way 10 November 1942 and proceeded via Pearl Harbor and Palmyra Island to the Ellice Islands arriving Funa Futi 26 December.
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