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USS San Pablo (AVP-30)
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For the fictional USS San Pablo in The Sand Pebbles, see The Sand Pebbles (novel) and The Sand Pebbles (film).
USS San Pablo (AVP-30) was a United States Navy Barnegat-class seaplane tender which was in commission as such from 1943 to 1947 and then served as a commissioned hydrographic survey ship, redesignated AGS-30, from 1948 to 1969. Thus far, she has been the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for San Pablo Bay, a shallow northern extension of San Francisco Bay in California.
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Name | USS San Pablo (AVP-30) |
Namesake | San Pablo Bay in California |
Builder | Associated Shipbuilders, Inc., Seattle, Washington, |
Laid down | 2 July 1941 |
Launched | 31 March 1942 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. W. A. Hall |
Commissioned | 15 March 1943 |
Decommissioned | 13 January 1947 |
Recommissioned | 17 September 1948 |
Reclassified | Hydrographic survey ship, AGS-30, 25 August 1949 |
Decommissioned | 29 May 1969 |
Stricken | 1 June 1969 |
Honors and awards | Four battle stars for World War II service |
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Class and type | Barnegat-class small seaplane tender |
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Displacement | 1,766 tons (light); 2,750 tons (full load) |
Length | 310 ft 9 in (94.72 m) |
Beam | 41 ft 2 in (12.55 m) |
Draught | 12 ft 7 in (3.84 m) |
Installed power | 6,000 horsepower (4.48 megawatts) |
Propulsion | Diesel engines, two shafts |
Speed | 18.5 knots (34.3 km/h) |
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Sensors and processing systems | Radar; sonar |
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Aviation facilities | As seaplane tender: Supplies, spare parts, repairs, and berthing for one seaplane squadron; 80,000 US gallons (300,000 L) aviation fuel |
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