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USNS Pathfinder (T-AGS-60)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Golf - Kilo - Kilo
 NGKK
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

National Defense Service Medal
Pathfinder Class Oceanographic Survey Ship:
  • Laid down, 18 August 1992, at Halter Marine Inc., Moss Point, MS.
  • Launched, 7 October 1993
  • Delivered to the Navy, 28 October 1994
  • Placed In-Service with the Military Sealift Command (MSC) as USNS Pathfinder (T-AGS-60)
  • Pathfinder is one of the seven survey ships of MSC's Special Mission Ships Program
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,981 t.(lt) 4,260 t.(fl)
    Length 329'
    Beam 58'
    Draft 18'
    Speed 16 kts.
    Complement 25 Civilian Mariners, 30 Scientific Party
    Propulsion four EMD Diesels (diesel-electric drive), 8,520kw, twin shafts
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    Pathfinder 153k Starboard bow view of USNS Pathfinder (T-AGS-60) under way on builder's acceptance trials, 19 September 1994.
    DoD Photo # DN-SC-95-00953    		 Robert Hurst
    Pathfinder 58k USNS Pathfinder (T-AGS-60) under way, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 MSC
    Pathfinder 67k USNS Pathfinder (T-AGS-60) under way, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		  
    Pathfinder 265k USNS Pathfinder (T-AGS-60) under way, 25 April 2008, location unknown.
    US Navy photo (MSC) photo    		 Robert Hurst
    Pathfinder
    180502-N-OH262-0483
    NORFOLK (May 2, 2018)    		 246k USNS Pathfinder (T-AGS-60) puts into Naval Station Norfolk, 2 May 2018. Pathfinder is returning from sea after performing regional operations and training.
    US Navy Photo #'s 180502-N-OH262-0483 NORFOLK (May 2, 2018) and 180502-N-OH262-0512NORFOLK (May 2, 2018) by Bill Mesta    		 Lee Wahler
    Pathfinder
    180502-N-OH262-0512
    NORFOLK (May 2, 2018)    		 263k
    Pathfinder
    09106009    		 118k USNS Pathfinder (T-AGS-60) conducts a port visit to Veracruz, Mexico, 8 November 2011.
    US Navy photo # 111108-O-ZZ999-008 by LCDR. Jose Guillermo Sandoval Valcarcel Mexician Navy.    		 Robert Hurst
    Pathfinder
    09106008    		 59k USNS Pathfinder (T-AGS-60) underway off the Washington coast, 1 August 2020.
    Photo from Flicker by Jordan Rroderick.This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
    Photo from flickr by Derek J. Ewing    		 Robert Hurst
    Pathfinder
    09106007    		 174k USNS Pathfinder (T-AGS-60) moored pierside at Port Canaveral, Florida, December 2023.
    Photo from flickr by Derek J. Ewing    		 John Spivey
    USNS Pathfinder (T-AGS-60)
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    US Navy Fact File - Oceanographic Survey Ships - T-AGS
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