Seaplane Tender - List of Examples

List of Examples

Examples of seaplane tenders included:

  • HMAS Albatross (Australia, 1928)
  • La Foudre (France, converted into the world′s first seaplane tender in 1911-13)
  • Chitose (Japan, 1936; she and sister ship Chiyoda converted to conventional aircraft carriers in 1943-1944)
  • Commandant Teste (France, 1932)
  • Giuseppe Miraglia (Italy, converted from merchant vessel Citta de Messina in 1927)
  • Dédalo (Spain, converted from German merchant vessel Neuenfels in 1922)
  • HMS Ark Royal (UK, 1914, renamed Pegasus in 1934)
  • HMS Ben-my-Chree (UK, a ferry converted in 1915 used in WWI)
  • HMS Engadine (UK, 1911, another converted ferry; present at the Battle of Jutland)
  • HMS Campania (UK)
  • HMS Riviera (UK, sister ship of Engadine)
  • USS Langley (USA′s first aircraft carrier; converted into a seaplane tender in 1937)
  • USS Mississippi (USA, an obsolete battleship used as a seaplane tender in 1914)
  • USS Curtiss (USA WWII Pearl Harbor to Okinawa)
  • USS Currituck and USS Pine Island (USA WWII-era seaplane tenders, both later participated in Operation Highjump, a 1947 mission to Antarctica)
  • USS Norton Sound (Began service as Currituck-class seaplane tender AV-11, later converted to AVM-1 - first US guided-missile ship)
  • USS Tangier (USA, a cargo ship converted to a seaplane tender during World War II)
  • USS Timbalier (tended Martin PBM Mariner flying boats until 1954)

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