

Coast and Geodetic Survey 

 Steamer Pathfinder 



A 168-foot steamer built in 1899 for the Survey. In 1940 she 

 was renamed the Research and during World War II beached in a 

 sinking condition at Bataan. 



A 144-foot steamer owned by the Philippine Insular Government 

 and placed under the command of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic 

 Survey officers for survey work in the Philippines. The Fathomer 



was captured by the Japanese with the fall of Bataan and put to 

 use as a transport. She was destroyed by American bombs during 

 the recapture of the Islands. 



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