USS Bering Strait (AVP-34)
USS Bering Strait (AVP-34) on 1 October 1944 |
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| Career (US) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Bering Strait |
| Namesake: | The Bering Strait, connecting the Arctic Ocean and Bering Sea |
| Builder: | Lake Washington Shipyard, Houghton, Washington |
| Laid down: | 6 June 1943 |
| Launched: | 15 January 1944 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. George F. Cornwall |
| Commissioned: | 19 July 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | 21 June 1946 |
| Struck: | 26 September 1966 from Navy List |
| Honors and awards: |
Three battle stars for World War II service |
| Fate: | Loaned to U.S. Coast Guard 14 September 1948 Permanently transferred to Coast Guard 26 September 1966 Transferred to South Vietnam 1 January 1971 Acquired by Republic of the Philippines April 1975 Formally transferred to Philippines 5 April 1976 Discarded July 1990 |
| Notes: | Served as U.S. Coast Guard cutter USCGC Bering Strait (WAVP-382), later WHEC-382, 1949-1971 Served as South Vietnamese patrol vessel RVNS Tran Quang Khai (HQ-02) 1971-1975 Served as Philippine Navy patrol vessel BRP Diego Silang (PF-9) 1975-1985 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Barnegat-class small seaplane tender |
| Displacement: | 1,766 tons (light) 2,750 tons (full load) |
| Length: | 311 ft 8 in (95.00 m) |
| Beam: | 41 ft 1 in (12.52 m) |
| Draught: | 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m) |
| Installed power: | 6,000 horsepower (4.48 megawatts) |
| Propulsion: | Diesel engines, two shafts |
| Speed: | 18.6 knots (34.4 km/h) |
| Complement: | 215 (ship's company) 376 (including aviation unit) |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
Radar, sonar |
| Armament: | 1 x single 5-inch (127 mm) 38-caliber dual-purpose gun mount 1x quad 40-mm antiaircraft gun mount 2 x dual 40-mm antiaircraft gun mounts 4 x dual 20mm AA gun mounts 2 x depth charge tracks |
| Aviation facilities: | Supplies, spare parts, repairs, and berthing for one seaplane squadron; 80,000 US gallons (300,000 L) aviation fuel |
USS Bering Strait (AVP-34) was a United States Navy Barnegat-class small seaplane tender in commission from 1944 to 1946. She tended seaplanes during World War II in the Pacific in combat areas and earned three battle stars by war’s end.
Read more about USS Bering Strait (AVP-34): Construction, Commissioning, and Shakedown, Post-World War U.S. Navy Service, Decommissioning, United States Coast Guard Service
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