A 1/1250 scale metal model of USS Bowditch, a survey vessel (ex- Santa Inez of Grace Lines & sister of WW Burrows, AP 6 - see SMY 58). Surveyed East Coast, Newfoundland to Cuba in 1940-41 & Panama, Columbia & Equador inc. Galapagos. Became ASG 4 in 1943 & surveyed Kwajalein, Saipan & Okinawa for invasions. Bikini for A-test surveys; decommissioned 1947 & scrapped, 1959.