USS Humboldt
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USS Humboldt (AVP-21) was a United States Navy Barnegat-class small seaplane tender in commission from 1941 to 1947 that served in the Atlantic during World War II. She was briefly reclassified as a miscellaneous auxiliary and redesignated AG-121 during 1945. After the war, she was in commission in the United States Coast Guard as the cutter USCGC Humboldt (WAVP-372), later WHEC-372, from 1949 to 1969.
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USS Humboldt (AVP-21) on 23 August 1943 after modification at the Boston Navy Yard, during which she received a third 5-inch (127 mm) 38-caliber dual-purpose gun mount and one quadruple and two twin 40-mm antiaircraft gun mounts. | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Humboldt (AVP-21) |
Namesake | Humboldt Bay, on the northern coast of California |
Builder | Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts |
Laid down | 6 September 1940 |
Launched | 17 March 1941 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. William T. Tarrant |
Commissioned | 7 October 1941 |
Reclassified |
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Decommissioned | 17 March 1947 |
Stricken | 1970 |
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Acquired | Transferred from U.S. Coast Guard 30 September 1969 |
Stricken | 1970 |
Fate | Sold for scrapping 1970 |
United States | |
Name | USCGC Humboldt (WAVP-372) |
Namesake | Previous name retained |
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Commissioned | 29 March 1949 |
Reclassified | High endurance cutter, WHEC-372, 1 May 1966 |
Decommissioned | 30 September 1969 |
Fate | Transferred to U.S. Navy 30 September 1969 |
General characteristics (seaplane tender) | |
Type | Barnegat-class small seaplane tender |
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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) |
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Sensors and processing systems | Radar; 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 |
General characteristics (Coast Guard cutter) | |
Class and type | Casco-class cutter |
Displacement | 2,498 tons (full load) in 1966 |
Length | 311 ft 7.75 in (94.9897 m) overall; 300 ft 0 in (91.44 m) between perpendiculars |
Beam | 41 ft 0 in (12.50 m) maximum |
Draft | 12 ft 9 in (3.89 m) maximum |
Installed power | 6,250 bhp (4,660 kW) in 1966 |
Propulsion | Fairbanks-Morse direct-reversing diesel engines, two shafts; 166,430 US gallons (630,000 L) of fuel |
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Complement | 151 (10 officers, 3 warrant officers, 138 enlisted personnel) |
Sensors and processing systems | |
Armament | In 1966: one single 5-inch (127 mm) 38-caliber Mark 12 gun mount, 1 x Mark 52 director, 1 x Mark 26 fire-control radar, 1 x Mark 10 Mod 0 antisubmarine projector, 2 x Mark 32 Mod 2 torpedo tubes |
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