USS Chincoteague (AVP-24)
USS Chincoteague (AVP-24) off the United States West Coast in mid-1945 after an overhaul. |
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Career (United States) | |
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Name: | USS Chincoteague |
Namesake: | Chincoteague Bay, on the coast of Maryland and Virginia |
Builder: | Lake Washington Shipyard, Houghton, Washington |
Laid down: | 23 July 1941 |
Launched: | 15 April 1942 |
Sponsored by: | Mrs. G. Rowe |
Commissioned: | 12 April 1943 |
Decommissioned: | 21 December 1946 |
Honors and awards: |
Six battle stars for World War II service |
Fate: | Loaned to United States Coast Guard 7 March 1949 Transferred outright to Coast Guard 26 September 1966 |
Notes: | Served in Coast Guard as citter USCGC Chincoteague (WAVP-375), later WHEC-375, 1949-1972 Served in South Vietnamese Navy as patrol vessel RVNS Ly Thuong Kiet (HQ-16) 1972-1975 Served in Philippine Navy as patrol vessel BRP Andres Bonifacto (PF-7) 1976-1985; sold for scrapping 2003 |
General characteristics | |
Class & type: | Barnegat-class 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: | 3 x 5-inch (127 mm) guns 8 x 40-millimeter guns 8 x 20-millimeter guns 2 × 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 Chincoteague (AVP-24) was a United States Navy seaplane tender in commission from 1943 to 1946.
Read more about USS Chincoteague (AVP-24): Construction and Commissioning, Post-World War II U.S. Navy Service, Decommissioning and Reserve Status, U.S. Coast Guard Service