USS Gold Star served as a mobile listening post for Japanese communications. Depending on the period, four or five radio operators formed its listening team. In the 1930s, the ship ranged along the coasts of China, Japan, and Southeast Asia. The operators used those voyages to chart Japanese activity.
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USS Gold Star's radio listening team
Four or five radio operators aboard USS Gold Star monitored Japanese communications during its 1930s voyages around East and Southeast Asia.