use & GSS Pioneer 



Formerly the Navy minesweeper Ovp^ev (AM 29) built in 1918 

 by the Gas Engine and Power Company of Morris Heights, New 

 York. In 1922 she was transferred to the Coast and Geodetic 

 Survey and renamed Pioneer. Recalled by the Navy in 1941 for 



World War II service, she was converted to a salvage ship and 



renamed and reclassified Crusader (ARS 2). She was sold in 



1947. 



Length: 187' 10" Displacement: 950 tons 



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Oceanographer 



Originally the S3 million luxury yacht Corsair II oi i. P. Morgan, 

 Sr., built in 1897 by W. & A. Fletcher Company of Hoboken, 

 New Jersey. She served as Morgan's pleasure craft until 1930, 

 except for a brief period during World War I when she was 

 commissioned by the Navy (designated the Py 159). Corsair II 

 was credited with sinking a German U-boat. She was acquired by 

 the Coast and Geodetic Survey in 1930 and renamed Oceanog- 



rapher (OSS 26). With the outbreak of World War II, she was 



again commissioned by the Navy (this time with the designation 



AGS 3). She conducted survey and charting operations off 



Alaska and in the South Pacific. Tired and worn, Oeeanographer 



was decommissioned in September 1944 and a few months later 



scrapped. 



Length: 304' Displacement: 1,600 tons 



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