Currituck-class seaplane tender
_at_San_Diego_Bay_c1957.jpeg) USS Salisbury Sound (AV-13) at San Diego Bay, ca. 1957 | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Operators: | United States Navy |
| Built: | 1942–1944 |
| In commission: | 1943–1987 |
| Completed: | 4 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Seaplane tender |
| Displacement: | 14,000 tons (full load) |
| Length: | 540 ft 5 in (164.72 m) |
| Beam: | 69 ft 3 in (21.11 m) |
| Draft: | 22 ft 3 in (6.78 m) |
| Propulsion: | Steam turbines 4 × boilers 2 × shafts 12,000 shp (9.0 MW) |
| Speed: | 18 knots (33 km/h) |
| Complement: | 1,247 (Norton Sound & Currituck) 684 (Salisbury Sound & Pine Island) |
| Armament: | 4 × 5"/38 DP guns 3 × Quad 40 mm guns 4 × Dual 40 mm guns 20 × 20 mm guns |
The Currituck class seaplane tenders were four ships built for the United States Navy during World War II. The role of a seaplane tender was to provide base facilities for squadrons of seaplanes in a similar way that an aircraft carrier does for its squadrons.
The four ships of the class were:
- USS Currituck (AV-7)
- USS Norton Sound (AV-11)
- USS Pine Island (AV-12)
- USS Salisbury Sound (AV-13)
The ships were named for features on the United States coast.
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