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USS Corson
Tender of the United States Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
USS Corson (AVP-37) was a United States Navy Barnegat-class small seaplane tender in commission from 1944 to 1946 and from 1951 to 1956.
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![]() USS Corson (AVP-37) off Houghton, Washington, on 29 November 1944. | |
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Name | USS Corson |
Namesake | Corson Inlet, at Cape May on the New Jersey coast |
Builder | Lake Washington Shipyard, Houghton, Washington |
Launched | 16 July 1944 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. G. A. Hatton |
Commissioned | 3 December 1944 |
Decommissioned | 21 June 1946 |
Recommissioned | 13 February 1951 |
Decommissioned | 9 March 1956 |
Stricken | 1 April 1966 |
Fate | Sunk as target 1966 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Barnegat-class small seaplane tender |
Displacement |
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Length | 310 ft 9 in (94.72 m) |
Beam | 41 ft 1 in (12.52 m) |
Draught | 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 |
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Sensors and processing systems | Radar; sonar |
Armament |
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Aviation facilities | Supplies, spare parts, repairs, and berthing for one seaplane squadron; 80,000 US gallons (300,000 L) aviation fuel |
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