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USS Pathfinder (AGS-1)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Pathfinder and USC&GSS Pathfinder I.
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,[2] 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).[1]
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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 |
Stricken | 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.[1] |
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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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