Construction and U.S. Navy Service
Castle Rock began life as the United States Navy Barnegat-class seaplane tender USS Castle Rock (AVP-35). She was laid down on 12 July 1943 by Lake Washington Shipyard, Houghton, Washington, launched on 11 January 1944, and commissioned into the U.S. Navy on 8 October 1944. She operated in the Central Pacific during and after World War II. She was decommissioned on 6 August 1946 at San Francisco, California, and placed in reserve.
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