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• Quartermaster Corps (United States Army)
  ** aerial delivery (parachute packing, air item maintenance, heavy and light equipment parachute drop, rigging and sling loading.) * military construction (given to the Engineer Corps in the early 1940s) [http://www.qmfound.com/fo
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• USS Brough (DE-148)
  ===Construction and commissioning=== ...gh'' reported to the [[Boston Navy Yard]] for overhaul and modification to equipment in February 1955 and completed the refitting on 30 April 1955. In May ''Bro
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• USS Bering Strait (AVP-34)
  ==Construction, commissioning, and shakedown== ...'Bering Strait'' underwent a [[shipyard]] availability and then loaded the equipment of Rescue Squadron 3 (VH-3), which had been substituted for VH-2.
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• RVNS Ngo Quyen (HQ-17)
  ===Construction and United States Navy service 1944-1946=== ...[seaplane tender]] USS ''Wachapreague'' (AVP-56), but was converted during construction into the [[motor torpedo boat tender]] [[USS Wachapreague (AGP-8)|USS ''Wac
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• USS Yakutat (AVP-32)
  ==Construction, commissioning, and shakedown== ...]] [[OS2U Kingfisher]] [[floatplane]] on 10 February 1945. After salvaging equipment from the plane, ''Yakutat'' sank the plane with gunfire and returned to her
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• USCGC Casco (WAVP-370)
  ==Construction and U.S. Navy service== ...a [[balloon]] shelter added aft and having [[oceanography|oceanographic]] equipment, an oceanographic [[winch]], and a [[hydrography|hydrographic]] winch insta
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• USCGC Humboldt (WAVP-372)
  ==Construction and U.S. Navy service== ...a [[balloon]] shelter added aft and having [[oceanography|oceanographic]] equipment, an oceanographic [[winch]], and a [[hydrography|hydrographic]] winch insta
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• USCGC Absecon (WAVP-374)
  ==Construction and U.S. Navy service== ...on]] as a ''Barnegat''-class [[seaplane tender]], but was converted during construction for use in catapult training. She was launched on 8 March 1942 and [[Ship c
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• USCGC Coos Bay (WAVP-376)
  ==Construction and U.S. Navy service== ...a [[balloon]] shelter added aft and having [[oceanography|oceanographic]] equipment, an oceanographic [[winch]], and a [[hydrography|hydrographic]] winch insta
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• USS Coos Bay (AVP-25)
  ==Construction and commissioning== ...led on 21 August 1944 for [[Guadalcanal]], where she unloaded [[aviation]] equipment. From 8 September 1944 to 9 December 1944 she served at [[Saipan]] as stati
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• USCGC Rockaway (WAVP-377)
  ==Construction and U.S. Navy service== ...a [[balloon]] shelter added aft and having [[oceanography|oceanographic]] equipment, an oceanographic [[winch]], and a [[hydrography|hydrographic]] winch insta
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• USS Rockaway (AVP-29)
  ==Construction and commissioning== ...]] at [[Scapa Flow]] in the [[Orkney Islands]], delivered secret [[radar]] equipment to England to be used in the [[Normandy invasion]] of 6 June 1944, performe
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• USCGC Half Moon (WAVP-378)
  ==Construction and U.S. Navy service== ...a [[balloon]] shelter added aft and having [[oceanography|oceanographic]] equipment, an oceanographic [[winch]], and a [[hydrography|hydrographic]] winch insta
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• USCGC Unimak (WAVP-379)
  ==Construction and U.S. Navy service== ...a [[balloon]] shelter added aft and having [[oceanography|oceanographic]] equipment, an oceanographic [[winch]], and a [[hydrography|hydrographic]] winch insta
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• USCGC Barataria (WAVP-381)
  ==Construction and U.S. Navy service== ...a [[balloon]] shelter added aft and having [[oceanography|oceanographic]] equipment, an oceanographic [[winch]], and a [[hydrography|hydrographic]] winch insta
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• USS Barataria (AVP-33)
  ==Construction, commissioning, and shakedown== ...f August 1944 in outfitting, loading supplies, and testing and calibrating equipment, ''Barataria'' conducted training in tending [[seaplanes]] under the auspic
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• USCGC Dexter (WAVP-385)
  ==Construction and U.S. Navy service== ...a [[balloon]] shelter added aft and having [[oceanography|oceanographic]] equipment, an oceanographic [[winch]], and a [[hydrography|hydrographic]] winch insta
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• USCGC Gresham (WAVP-387)
  ==Construction and U.S. Navy service== ...on, Washington|Houghton]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]]. While under construction, she was converted into a motor torpedo boat tender and was launched as suc
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• USCGC Bering Strait (WAVP-382)
  ==Construction and U.S. Navy service== ...a [[balloon]] shelter added aft and having [[oceanography|oceanographic]] equipment, an oceanographic [[winch]], and a [[hydrography|hydrographic]] winch insta
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• USCGC Yakutat (WAVP-380)
  ==Construction and U.S. Navy service== ...a [[balloon]] shelter added aft and having [[oceanography|oceanographic]] equipment, an oceanographic [[winch]], and a [[hydrography|hydrographic]] winch insta
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