USS Castle Rock (AVP-35)
USS Castle Rock (AVP-35) off Houghton, Washington, on 6 October 1944, two days before commissioning. |
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| Career (United States) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Castle Rock |
| Namesake: | Castle Rock, an island in Alaska |
| Builder: | Lake Washington Shipyard, Houghton, Washington |
| Laid down: | 12 July 1943 |
| Launched: | 11 March 1944 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. R. W. Cooper |
| Commissioned: | 8 October 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | 6 August 1946 |
| Fate: | Loaned to United States Coast Guard 16 September 1948 Permanently transferred to Coast Guard 26 September 1966 |
| Notes: | Served as Coast Guard cutter USCGC Castle Rock (WAVP-383), later WHEC-383, 1948-1971 Served in South Vietnamese Navy as frigate RVNS Tran Binh Trong (HQ-05) 1971-1975 Served in Philippine Navy as frigate BRP Francisco Dagohoy (PF-10) 1979-1985 Discarded March 1993 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Barnegat-class small seaplane tender |
| Displacement: | 1,766 tons (light) 2,592 tons (trial) |
| Length: | 310 ft 9 in (94.72 m) |
| Beam: | 41 ft 2 in (12.55 m) |
| Draft: | 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m) (lim.) |
| Installed power: | 6,000 horsepower (4.48 megawatts) |
| Propulsion: | Diesel engines, two shafts |
| Speed: | 18.2 knots (33.7 km/h)s |
| Complement: | 215 (ship's company) 367 (including aviation unit) |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
Radar; sonar |
| Armament: | 1 x 5-inch (127 mm) gun 1 x quadruple 40-mm antiaircraft gun mount 2 x twin 40-mm gun mounts 6 x 20-mm antiaircraft guns 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 Castle Rock (AVP-35) was a United States Navy Barnegat-class small seaplane tender in commission from 1944 to 1946.
Read more about USS Castle Rock (AVP-35): Construction and Commissioning, United States Coast Guard Service 1948-1971
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