USS Pathfinder (AGS-1)
USC&GS Pathfinder was commissioned as a U.S. Navy vessel during World War II. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| 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 & 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. |
| General characteristics | |
| 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).