USS Casco (AVP-12)
USS Casco (AVP-12) in Puget Sound on 3 March 1943. Her main battery has been increased to four 5-inch (127 mm) 38-caliber guns. |
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| Career (US) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Casco |
| Namesake: | Casco Bay on the coast of Maine |
| Builder: | Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington |
| Laid down: | 30 May 1940 |
| Launched: | 15 November 1941 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. W. J. Giles |
| Commissioned: | 27 December 1941 |
| Decommissioned: | 10 April 1947 |
| Struck: | 1969 |
| Honors and awards: |
Three battle stars for World War II service |
| Fate: | Loaned to U.S. Coast Guard 19 April 1949 Returned to U.S. Navy March 1969 Sunk as target 15 May 1969 |
| Notes: | Served as U.S. Coast Guard cutter USCGC Casco (WAVP-370), later WHEC-370, 1949-1969 |
| 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) |
| Draft: | 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) 367 (with aviation unit) |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
Radar; sonar |
| Armament: | 1 x single 5-inch (127 mm) 38-caliber dual-purpose gun mount 1 x quad 40-mm antiaircraft gun mount 2 x dual 40-mm antiaircraft gun mounts 4 x dual 20-mm antiaircraft 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) |
The third USS Casco (AVP-12) was a United States Navy Barnegat-class small seaplane tender in commissioned from 1943 to 1947.
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