April 5, 2024
1944 Nautical Chart: Bellingham Bay Washington WWII USS Pathfinder Navy vintage
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1944 Nautical Chart: Bellingham Bay Washington WWII USS Pathfinder Chart: 6378 Includes some red markings denoting cable areas and certain bouys. Date of Publication: Publication date appears to be in 1944, but it is also stamped 4/7/45, presumably when corrections were added (this chart comes from a survey vessel that had the equipment to print or edit charts) Dimensions: 33" x 27" Condition : VG-EX, remarkable shape for having being 69 years old! Original folds, another mildly creased corners, light yellowing. These charts came from the USS Pathfinder (AGS-1), a 1929 survey vessel (Pathfinder), acquired and commissioned by the US Navy in 1942, decommissioned from Naval service in 1946, redesignated USC & GSS Pathfinder (OSS-30), finally retired from NOAA service in 1971. PATHFINDER The Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship PATHFINDER at Seattle. Steamer, length 229.3 feet, beam 39 feet, draft 15.5 feet. Built in 1942 at Lake Washington Shipyards in Houghton, Washington, at a cost of $1,265,448, the Coast and Geodetic Survey’s first million-dollar ship. In Navy service 1942-1947. In Coast and Geodetic Survey service 1946-1971. Sold to General Auto Wrecking Company, Ballard, Washington, for scrap in 1972. Although built for the Coast and Geodetic Survey, it was first commissioned as a fleet survey vessel for the United States Navy
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