Circle route
42 Navy ships were involved in the search for the "Golden Eagle" and "Miss Doran", joined by smaller vessels based in Hawaii; and departed from San Diego the night of August 17. The search fleet included three submarines, , , and . By August 19, "Langley" had started steaming towards Hawaii at from a spot west of the Farallones, sweeping a lane wide with its airplanes. Other surface ships that had set out from California were commanded to shift their search parallel to the Great Circle route. Meanwhile, three ships left Hawaii for San Francisco on August 18, sweeping the ocean in the opposite direction: , , and .