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use & GSS Pathfinder (OSS 30) 



Built in 1942 for the Coast and Geodetic Survey by Lake 

 Washington Shipyards of Houghton, Washington. During World 

 War II Pathfinder was transferred to the Navy for hydrographic 

 operations near New Caledonia, Guam, Guadalcanal and other 

 South Pacific areas. She was damaged off Okinawa when a 



Kamikaze crashed into the stern gun platform. Her wartime 

 performance was sufficiently extensive for Tokyo Rose to report 

 Pathfinder destroyed on six occasions. 



Length: 229' Displacement: 2,000 tons 



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