USC&GSS Research was a survey vessel owned by the Philippine Insular Government to be the first vessel operated by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey in the Philippines from 1901 until 1918.
Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship Research (1901-1918) Manila, Philippines 1901.
Introduction to Assistant R. B. Derickson, commanding ship Research, on page 124 of Report Of The Superintendent Of The Coast And Geodetic Survey Showing The Progress Of The Work From July 1, 1902 To June 30, 1903. The introduction illustrates the general nature of work done, ships officers and use of the term "Assistant" for ship's commanding officer.
The first USC&GSS Pathfinder, also noted in some NOAA histories as "old Pathfinder", was a United States Coast and Geodetic Survey ship in service from 1899 to 1941, when she was beached in sinking condition on January 30, 1942, after 40 years service in the Philippines.
The Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship Pathfinder in the Philippines in the early 1900s. This was the first Pathfinder. NOAA Photo Library: Image ID: ship0236, NOAA's Fleet Then and Now – Sailing for Science Collection
Some of the crew with family and friends on a Sunday afternoon. On the foredeck of the Pathfinder. (NOAA Photo Library Image ID: theb3265, NOAA's Fleet Then and Now - Sailing for Science Collection)
"The Philippine constabulary guard with shore party of Hubert A. Paton. Off the Pathfinder", Philippines, 1926 from the Historic Coast & Geodetic Survey (C&GS) Collection, NOAA Photo Library.
