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USS Barnegat (AVP-10)
Tender of the United States Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Barnegat.
The second USS Barnegat (AVP-10), in commission from 1941 to 1946, was the lead ship of her class of small seaplane tenders built for the United States Navy just before and during World War II. She was the second U.S. Navy ship to bear that name.
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Name | USS Barnegat (AVP-10) |
Namesake | Barnegat Bay in Ocean County, New Jersey |
Builder | Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington |
Laid down | 27 October 1939 |
Launched | 23 May 1941 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Lucien F. Kimball |
Commissioned | 3 July 1941 |
Decommissioned | 17 May 1946 |
Stricken | 23 May 1958 |
Honors and awards | One battle star for her World War II service |
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Class and 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) |
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) |
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Sensors and processing systems | Sonar |
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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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After the end of her U.S. Navy career, the former Barnegat operated as the Greek cruise ship MV Kentavros from 1962, and finally was scrapped in 1986.