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|Builders=[[Puget Sound Navy Yard]], [[Bremerton, Washington]] (4 ships)<br/>[[Boston Navy Yard]], [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]], [[Massachusetts]] (2 ships)<br/>[[Lake Washington Shipyard]], [[Houghton, Washington]] (24 ships)<br/>Puget Sound Navy Yard and Lake Washington Shipyard (1 ship)<br/>[[Associated Shipbuilders, Inc.]],<ref>See http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/u1/unimak.htm and http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/y1/yakutat.htm for this version of the company's name, which also is referred to in ''Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships'' entries as "Associated Shipbuilding Company" (see http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/s4/san_pablo.htm) and "Associated Ship Building, Inc.," (see http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/r8/rockaway.htm).</ref> [[Seattle, Washington]] (4 ships)
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The '''''Barnegat'' class''' was a large class of [[United States Navy]] small [[seaplane tender]]s built during [[World War II]]. Thirty were completed as seaplane tenders, four as [[motor torpedo boat tender]]s, and one as a [[Aircraft catapult|catapult]] training ship.<ref name="Conway p. 157">''Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922&ndash;1946'', p. 157</ref>

==Design==
Before World War II, the United States Navy foresaw a need for a large force of seaplane tenders in the event of a war in the [[Pacific]], to allow air operations from undeveloped islands and atolls. Full-size seaplane tenders (AVs) were designed to support two squadrons of [[flying boat]]s each, but they were more expensive to build and had a deep draft, precluding their use in shallow harbors. The U.S. Navy therefore also planned for "small seaplane tenders" (AVPs), with a shallower draft, capable of supporting only one squadron each but cheaper to build and able to operate in shallow waters; the AVPs were the descendants of the "seaplane tenders (destroyer)" (AVDs), converted from old [[destroyer]]s. Both the full-size and small seaplane tenders were designed to provide supplies, spare parts, fuel, repairs, and berthing for assigned [[seaplane]] squadrons, and were well-armed so that they could serve as the primary line of defense of the seaplane bases they set up.<ref name="Conway p. 157" />

The ''Barnegat''-class ships were the first purpose-built AVPs, prior ships carrying that designation having been converted destroyers and [[Minesweeper (ship)|minesweepers]]. In addition to carrying out the above-described responsibilities, they were well-enough armed to be employed as escorts for larger seaplane tenders, having a substantial anti-air and anti-surface gunnery capability, as well as [[depth charge]] racks and [[sonar]] for [[antisubmarine]] work. The gun battery varied greatly, being envisioned originally as two 5-inch (127-millimeter) 38-caliber guns, being expanded to an assigned total of four such guns in 1942. Few ships mounted four of these guns, and batteries of three, two, or one {{convert|5|in|mm|adj=on}} were mounted during World War II, accompanied by various combinations of 40-millimeter and 20&nbsp;mm antiaircraft guns.<ref name="Conway p. 157" /> The armament was reduced after the war; those ships in commission as survey ships were entirely unarmed by 1959.

The ships were reliable, long-ranged, and seaworthy, and had good habitability.<ref name="Conway p. 157" />

In the spring of 1943, the U.S. Navy concluded that the number of ''Barnegat''s ordered was excess to requirements. Four of them were converted during construction to motor torpedo boat tenders, while a fifth was modified during construction for use a catapult training ship for [[battleship]] and [[cruiser]] [[floatplane]] [[aviator|pilots]], her catapult equipment coming from that manufactured for canceled [[Cleveland class cruiser|''Cleveland''-class]] [[light cruiser]]s. Six other ''Barnegat''s were canceled—four on 22 April 1943 and two more on 29 April 1943 -- without having been laid down, their [[diesel engine]]s being needed for various escort ships and [[amphibious warfare|amphibious landing]] craft.<ref name="Conway p. 157" />

Three ''Barnegat''s were selected in 1945 for conversion to press information ships in anticipation of the 1945&ndash;1946 invasion of [[Japan]], but when the war ended without this invasion being necessary they were converted back into seaplane tenders.<ref name="Conway p. 157" />

==Naming==
The class was named for its lead unit, ''Barnegat''. A few of the ships were named after [[island]]s, but the vast majority were named after bodies of water, mostly [[bay]]s and [[inlet]]s, around the [[United States]] and the then-[[Territory of Alaska]].

==Operations==
The ships entered service between 1941 and 1946, and all but three of them were commissioned in time to participate in combat actions in World War II. The motor torpedo boat tenders served in the Pacific during the latter half of the war, while the seaplane tenders saw service in virtually every theater in which the United States Navy operated during the war.<ref name="history.navy.mil">See the various ship articles in the ''Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships'' at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/index.html and at NavSource.org Small Seaplane Tenders (AVP) at http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/43/43idx.htm.</ref>

The combination of the post-World War II downsizing of the U.S. Navy and the decline of the seaplane and motor torpedo boat in U.S. naval operations meant that all but the newest ships decommissioned in 1946 and 1947. Those that did stay on in service as seaplane tenders decommissioned between the mid-1950s and 1960s, some seeing service in the [[Korean War]] (1950&ndash;1953). The last unit did not leave U.S. Navy service until 1973.<ref name="history.navy.mil" />

However, the ships proved versatile and durable, and had long second lives postwar. One became a specialized [[flagship]] late in her life. Some became [[oceanography|oceanographic]] and [[hydrography|hydrographic]] survey ships, either in U.S. Navy, [[United States Coast and Geodetic Survey]], or [[Greece|Greek]] service. Eighteen were transferred to the [[United States Coast Guard]] -- where they became known as [[Cssco class cutter|''Casco''-class]] [[United States Coast Guard Cutter|cutters]] -- between 1946 and 1949 for service mostly as weather reporting ships, a role they played until the late 1960s and early 1970s; some of the Coast Guard ships saw service in the [[Vietnam War]], and one survived as a [[United States Coast Guard Cutter|cutter]] until 1988. A number of the units of the class were transferred to foreign navies, including those of [[Ethiopia]], [[Italy]], [[Norway]], the [[Philippines]], and [[South Vietnam]], for use as patrol vessels and training ships, and a few saw commercial service as [[cruise ship]]s in [[Greece]]. The murky information available on a unit incorporated into the [[Vietnam People's Navy]] after the fall of South Vietnam in 1975 suggests that she remained active until at least 2000 and may remain active today; even if reports of her longevity are inaccurate, it should be noted that the last member of this large and long-lived class of ships did not leave service until 1993, when the ship transferred to Italy was decommissioned by the [[Italian Navy]].<ref name="history.navy.mil" />

==Ships==
===USS ''Barnegat'' (AVP-10)===
[[USS Barnegat (AVP-10)|''Barnegat'']], lead unit of the class, was commissioned in July 1941. She served in the Atlantic until February 1945, then finished World War II in the Pacific. She was in reserve from 1945 to 1958, then was sold into commercial service and was used a Greek cruise ship from 1962 to 1986.<ref name="DANFSBarnegat">{{cite web |last=''Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships''|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/b2/barnegat-ii.htm |title=Barnegat}}</ref>

===USS ''Biscayne'' (AVP-11, later AGC-18)===
[[USS Biscayne (AVP-11)|''Biscayne'']] was in commission from 1941 to 1946. During the first half of [[World War II]], she saw service as a seaplane tender in the Atlantic, in the Caribbean, in West Africa, and in North Africa. Converted into an [[amphibious warfare|amphibious force]] [[flagship]] in 1943, she served in the Mediterranean in 1943-1944, seeing action in the amphibious landings in [[Operation Avalanche (World War II)|Operation Avalanche]] at [[Salerno]], [[Operation Shingle]] at [[Anzio]], and [[Operation Dragoon]] in southern [[France]]. Redesignated AGC-18 in 1944, she then served in the Pacific in 1945, serving at [[Iwo Jima]], in the [[Okinawa campaign]], and in the [[Philippines]] before the war ended. Postwar, she served in [[Korea]] and [[China]]. She was transferred to the U.S. Coast Guard postwar as [[USCGC Dexter (WAGC-18)|USCGC ''Dexter'' (WAGC-18)]], later WAVP-385, later WHEC-385, and was in commissioned Coast Guard service from 1949 to 1952 and from 1958 to 1968.<ref name="DANFSBiscayne">{{cite web |last=''Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships''|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/b6/biscayne-i.htm |title=Biscayne}}</ref>

===USS ''Casco'' (AVP-12)===
[[USS Casco (AVP-12)|''Casco'']] was in commission from 1941 to 1947, performing her World War II service in the Pacific. She was transferred to the U.S. Coast Guard postwar as [[USCGC Casco (WAVP-370)|USCGC ''Casco'' (WAVP-370)]], later WHEC-370, and was in commissioned Coast Guard service from 1949 to 1969.<ref name="DANFSCasco">{{cite web |last=''Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships''|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/c4/casco-iii.htm |title=Casco}}</ref>

===USS ''Mackinac'' (AVP-13)===
[[USS Mackinac (AVP-13)|''Mackinac'']] was in commission from 1942 to 1946, performing her World War II service in the Pacific. She was transferred to the U.S. Coast Guard postwar as [[USCGC Mackinac (WAVP-371)|USCGC ''Mackinac'' (WAVP-371)]], later WHEC-371, and was in commissioned Coast Guard service from 1949 to 1968.<ref name="DANFSMackinac">{{cite web |last=''Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships''|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/m1/mackinac-ii.htm |title=Mackinac}}</ref>

===USS ''Humboldt'' (AVP-21)===
[[USS Humboldt (AVP-21)|''Humboldt'']] was in commission from 1941 to 1947, performing her World War II service in the Atlantic and Mediterranean. She was among three ''Barnegat''-class ships selected in 1945 for conversion to a press information ship, redesignated AG-121, for the projected invasion of Japan in 1945&ndash;1946, but the war ended before the invasion could take place and she was converted back into a seaplane tender.She was transferred to the U.S. Coast Guard postwar as [[USCGC Humboldt (WAVP-372)|USCGC ''Humboldt'' (WAVP-372)]], later WHEC-372, and was in commissioned Coast Guard service from 1949 to 1969.<ref name="DANFSHumboldt">{{cite web |last=''Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships''|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/h9/humboldt.htm |title=Humboldt}}</ref>

===USS ''Matagorda'' (AVP-22)===
[[USS Matagorda (AVP-22)|''Matagorda'']] was in commission from 1941 to 1946, performing her World War II service in the Atlantic. She was among three ''Barnegat''-class ships selected in 1945 for conversion to a press information ship, redesignated AG-122, for the projected invasion of Japan in 1945&ndash;1946, but the war ended before the invasion could take place and she was converted back into a seaplane tender. She was transferred to the U.S. Coast Guard postwar as [[USCGC Matagorda (WAVP-373)|USCGC ''Matagorda'' (WAVP-373)]], later WHEC-373, and was in commissioned Coast Guard service from 1949 to 1968.<ref name="DANFSMatagorda">{{cite web |last=''Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships''|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/m6/matagorda.htm |title=Matagorda}}</ref>

===USS ''Absecon'' (AVP-23)===
[[USS Absecon (AVP-23)|''Absecon'']] was in commission from 1943 to 1947. She was converted while under construction into a [[Aircraft catapult|catapult]] training ship, and spent World War II in [[Florida]] waters training [[battleship]] and [[cruiser]] [[floatplane]] [[aviator|pilot]]s in catapult launches, also serving as a mobile target for [[torpedo plane]]s. She was transferred to the U.S. Coast Guard postwar as [[USCGC Absecon (WAVP-374)|USCGC ''Absecon'' (WAVP-374)]], later WHEC-374, and was in commissioned Coast Guard service from 1949 to 1972. She was transferred to [[South Vietnam]] in 1972 and captured by [[North Vietnam]] on the collapse of the South Vietnamese government at the end of the [[Vietnam War]] in 1975.<ref name="DANFSAbsecon">{{cite web |last=''Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships''|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/a2/absecon-i.htm |title=Absecon}}</ref>

===USS ''Chincoteague'' (AVP-24)===
[[USS Chincoteague (AVP-24)|''Chincoteague'']] was in commission from 1943 to 1946, performing her World War II service in the Pacific. She was transferred to the U.S. Coast Guard postwar as [[USCGC Chincoteague (WAVP-375)|USCGC ''Chincoteague'' (WAVP-375)]], later WHEC-375, and was in commissioned Coast Guard service from 1949 to 1972. She was transferred to South Vietnam in 1972. Upon the collapse of the South Vietnamese government at the end of the Vietnam War in 1975, she fled to the [[Philippines]]. She served in the [[Philippine Navy]] from 1975 to 1985.<ref name="DANFSChincoteague">{{cite web |last=''Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships''|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/c8/chincoteague.htm |title=Chincoteague}}</ref>

===USS ''Coos Bay'' (AVP-25)===
[[USS Coos Bay (AVP-25)|''Coos Bay'']] was in commission from 1943 to 1946, performing her World War II service in the Pacific. She was transferred to the U.S. Coast Guard postwar as [[USCGC Coos Bay (WAVP-376)|USCGC ''Coos Bay'' (WAVP-376)]], later WHEC-376, and was in commissioned Coast Guard service from 1949 to 1966.<ref name="DANFSCoos Bay">{{cite web |last=''Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships''|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/c13/coos_bay.htm |title=Coos Bay}}</ref>

===USS ''Half Moon'' (AVP-26, ex-AGP-6, ex-AVP-26)===
[[USS Half Moon (AVP-26)|''Half Moon'']] was laid down as a seaplane tender, then was chosen as one of four ''Barnegat''-class ships to be converted to a motor torpedo boat tender prior to completion and redesignated AGP-6, but ultimately was completed as a seaplane tender, with her sister ship [[USS Oyster Bay (AGP-6)|''Oyster Bay'']] becoming the motor torpedo tender AGP-6 instead. She was in commission from 1943 to 1946, performing her World War II service in the Pacific, where she saw action in the [[New Guinea campaign]] and the [[Philippines campaign]]. She was transferred to the U.S. Coast Guard postwar as [[USCGC Half Moon (WAVP-378)|USCGC ''Half Moon'' (WAVP-378)]], later WHEC-378, and was in commissioned Coast Guard service from 1948 to 1969.<ref name="DANFSHalf Moon">{{cite web |last=''Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships''|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/h1/half_moon.htm |title=Half Moon}}</ref>

===USS ''Mobjack'' (AGP-7, ex-AVP-27)===
[[USS Mobjack (AGP-7)|''Mobjack'']] was one of four ''Barnegat''-class ships to be converted during construction into a motor torpedo boat tender. She was in commission from 1943 to 1946, performing her World War II service in the Pacific, supporting operations at [[Morotai]], in the Philippines campaign, and in the [[Borneo]] campaign. She was transferred to the [[U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey]] postwar, serving as the [[survey ship]] [[USC&GS Pioneer (OSS 31)|USC&GS ''Pioneer'' (OSS 31)]] until 1966.<ref name="DANFSMobjack">{{cite web |last=''Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships''|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/m13/mobjack.htm |title=Mobjack}}</ref>

===USS ''Oyster Bay'' (AGP-6, ex-AVP-28)===
[[USS Oyster Bay (AGP-6)|''Oyster Bay'']] was one of four ''Barnegat''-class ships to be converted during construction into a motor torpedo boat tender. She was in commission from 1943 to 1946, performing her World War II service in the Pacific, where she saw action in the New Guinea and Philippine campaigns. Stricken from the [[Navy List]] in 1946, she was reinstated as a seaplane tender in 1949 and kept in reserve until 1957. She was transferred to Italy in 1957, serving in the Italian Navy until 1993.<ref name="DANFSOyster Bay">{{cite web |last=''Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships''|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/o5/oyster_bay.htm |title=Oyster Bay}}</ref>

===USS ''Rockaway'' (AVP-29)===
[[USS Rockaway (AVP-29)|''Rockaway'']] was in commission from 1943 to 1946, performing her World War II service in the Atlantic and Mediterranean. She was among three ''Barnegat''-class ships selected in 1945 for conversion to a press information ship, redesignated AG-123, for the projected invasion of Japan in 1945&ndash;1946, but the war ended before the invasion could take place and she was converted back into a seaplane tender. She was transferred to the U.S. Coast Guard postwar as [[USCGC Rockaway (WAVP-377)|USCGC ''Rockaway'' (WAVP-377)]], later WAGO-377, WHEC-377, and WOLE-377, and was in commissioned Coast Guard service from 1948 to 1972.<ref name="DANFSRockaway">{{cite web |last=''Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships''|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/r8/rockaway.htm |title=Rockaway}}</ref>

===USS ''San Pablo'' (AVP-30, later AGS-30)===
[[USS San Pablo (AVP-30)|''San Pablo'']] was in commission from 1943 to 1947 as a seaplane tender, performing her World War II service in the Pacific, where she saw action in the [[Southwest Pacific]], the New Guinea campaign, the [[Central Pacific Area|Central Pacific]], and the [[Philippines campaign]]. She recommissioned in 1948 after conversion to a hydrographic survey ship, redesignated AGS-30, and served in this capacity until 1969.<ref name="DANFSSan Pablo">{{cite web |last=''Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships''|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/s4/san_pablo.htm |title=San Pablo}}</ref>

===USS ''Unimak'' (AVP-31)===
[[USS Unimak (AVP-31)|''Unimak'']] was in commission from 1943 to 1946, performing her World War II service in the Pacific through the end of 1944, then in the Atlantic during the first half of 1945. She was transferred to the U.S. Coast Guard postwar as [[USCGC Unimak (WAVP-379)|USCGC ''Unimak'' (WAVP-379)]], later WHEC-379, later WTR-379, and was in commissioned Coast Guard service from 1949 to 1975 and from 1977 to 1988.<ref name="DANFSUnimak">{{cite web |last=''Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships''|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/u1/unimak.htm |title=Unimak}}</ref>

===USS ''Yakutat'' (AVP-32)===
[[USS Yakutat (AVP-32)|''Yakutat'']] was in commission from 1944 to 1946, performing her World War II service in the Pacific, where she supported the [[Peleliu]], [[Mariana Islands]], and [[Okinawa]] campaigns. She was transferred to the U.S. Coast Guard postwar as [[USCGC Yakutat (WAVP-380)|USCGC ''Unimak'' (WAVP-380)]], later WHEC-380, and was in commissioned Coast Guard service from 1948 to 1971. She was transferred to South Vietnam in 1971. Upon the collapse of the South Vietnamese government at the end of the Vietnam War in 1975, she fled to the Philippines, where she was cannibalized for spare parts.<ref name="DANFSYakutat">{{cite web |last=''Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships''|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/y1/yakutat.htm |title=Yakutat}}</ref>

===USS ''Barataria'' (AVP-33)===
[[USS Barataria (AVP-33)|''Barataria'']] was in commission from 1944 to 1946, performing her World War II service in the Pacific, where she saw action in the Philippines campaign. She was transferred to the U.S. Coast Guard postwar as [[USCGC Barataria (WAVP-381)|USCGC ''Barataria'' (WAVP-381)]], later WHEC-381, and was in commissioned Coast Guard service from 1948 to 1969.<ref name="DANFSBarataria">{{cite web |last=''Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships''|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/b2/barataria-ii.htm |title=Barataria}}</ref>

===USS ''Bering Strait'' (AVP-34)===
[[USS Bering Strait (AVP-34)|''Bering Strait'']] was in commission from 1944 to 1946, performing her World War II service in the Central Pacific, where she saw action in the Okinawa campaign. She was transferred to the U.S. Coast Guard postwar as [[USCGC Bering Strait (WAVP-382)|USCGC ''Bering Strait'' (WAVP-382)]], later WHEC-382, and was in commissioned Coast Guard service from 1948 to 1971. She was transferred to South Vietnam in 1971. Upon the collapse of the South Vietnamese government at the end of the Vietnam War in 1975, she fled to the Philippines, and served in the Philippine Navy until 1985.<ref name="DANFSBering Strait">{{cite web |last=''Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships''|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/b5/bering-strait-i.htm |title=Bering Strait}}</ref>

===USS ''Castle Rock'' (AVP-35)===
[[USS Castle Rock (AVP-35)|''Castle Rock'']] was in commission from 1944 to 1946, performing her World War II service in the Pacific. She was transferred to the U.S. Coast Guard postwar as [[USCGC Castle Rock (WAVP-383)|USCGC ''Castle Rock'' (WAVP-383)]], later WHEC-383, and was in commissioned Coast Guard service from 1948 to 1971. She was transferred to South Vietnam in 1971. Upon the collapse of the South Vietnamese government at the end of the Vietnam War in 1975, she fled to the Philippines, and served in the Philippine Navy until 1985.<ref name="DANFSCastle Rock">{{cite web |last=''Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships''|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/c4/castle_rock.htm |title=Castle Rock}}</ref>

===USS ''Cook Inlet'' (AVP-36)===
[[USS Cook Inlet (AVP-36)|''Cook Inlet'']] was in commission from 1944 to 1946, performing her World War II service in the Pacific, where she served in [[Hawaii]] and saw action in the [[Iwo Jima]] campaign. She was transferred to the U.S. Coast Guard postwar as [[USCGC Cook Inlet (WAVP-384)|USCGC ''Cook Inlet'' (WAVP-384)]], later WHEC-384, and was in commissioned Coast Guard service from 1948 to 1971. She was transferred to South Vietnam in 1971. Upon the collapse of the South Vietnamese government at the end of the Vietnam War in 1975, she fled to the Philippines, where she was cannibalized for spare parts.<ref name="DANFSCook Inlet">{{cite web |last=''Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships''|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/c13/cook_inlet.htm |title=Cook Inlet}}</ref>

===USS ''Corson'' (AVP-37)===
[[USS Corson (AVP-37)|''Corson'']] was in commission from 1944 to 1946, performing her World War II service in the Central Pacific. She was recommissioned in 1951 and saw service in support of [[United Nations]] forces in the [[Korean War]] (1950&ndash;1953), then remained in commission until 1966.<ref name="DANFSCorson">{{cite web |last=''Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships''|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/c14/corson.htm |title=Corson}}</ref>

===USS ''Duxbury Bay'' (AVP-38)===
[[USS Duxbury Bay (AVP-38)|''Duxbury Bay'']] was in commission from 1944 to 1966. She performed her World War II service in the Central Pacific and in the Okinawa campaign. Postwar she served worldwide.<ref name="DANFSDuxbury Bay">{{cite web |last=''Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships''|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/d6/duxbury_bay.htm |title=Duxbury Bay}}</ref>

===USS ''Gardiners Bay'' (AVP-39)===
[[USS Gardiners Bay (AVP-39)|''Gardiners Bay'']] was in commission from 1945 to 1958, with World War II service in the Okinawa campaign. She also served four tours of duty in support of United Nations forces during the Korean War. In 1958 she was transferred to [[Norway]], where she served as the naval [[cadet]] training ship [[HNoMS Haakon VII (A537)|HNoMS ''Haakon VII'' (A-537)]] until 1974.<ref name="DANFSGardiners Bay">{{cite web |last=''Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships''|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/g1/gardiners_bay.htm |title=Gardiners Bay}}</ref>

===USS ''Floyds Bay'' (AVP-40)===
[[USS Floyds Bay (AVP-40)|''Floyds Bay'']] was in commission from 1945 to 1960. She served at Okinawa at the end of World War II, cruised around the world in 1947&ndash;1948, and then served in the Pacific and Far East.<ref name="DANFSFloyds Bay">{{cite web |last=''Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships''|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/f3/floyds_bay.htm |title=Floyds Bay}}</ref>

===USS ''Greenwich Bay'' (AVP-41)===
[[USS Greenwich Bay (AVP-41)|''Greenwich Bay'']] was in commission from 1945 to 1966. She arrived in the [[Western Pacific Ocean|Western Pacific]] just after the end of World War II. She cruised around the world in 1946, then operated in the Pacific before spending most of her career in the [[Middle East]] and Mediterranean.<ref name="DANFSGreenwich Bay">{{cite web |last=''Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships''|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/g8/greenwich_bay.htm |title=Greenwich Bay}}</ref>

===USS ''Hatteras'' (AVP-42)===
The contract for the construction of [[USS Hatteras (AVP-42)|''Hatteras'']] was cancelled on 22 April 1943 before she was laid down.<ref name="DANFSHatteras">{{cite web |last=''Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships''|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/h3/hatteras-ii.htm |title=Hatteras}}</ref>

===USS ''Hempstead'' (AVP-43)===
The contract for the construction of [[USS Hempstead (AVP-43)|''Hempstead'']] was cancelled on 22 April 1943 before she was laid down.<ref name="DANFSHempstead">{{cite web |last=''Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships''|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/h4/hempstead.htm |title=Hempstead}}</ref>

===USS ''Kamishak'' (AVP-44)===
The contract for the construction of [[USS Kamishak (AVP-44)|''Kamishak'']] was cancelled on 22 April 1943 before she was laid down.<ref name="DANFSKamishak">{{cite web |last=''Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships''|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/k1/kamishak.htm |title=Kamishak}}</ref>

===USS ''Magothy'' (AVP-45)===
The contract for the construction of [[USS Magothy (AVP-45)|''Magothy'']] was cancelled on 22 April 1943 before she was laid down.<ref name="DANFSMagothy">{{cite web |last=''Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships''|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/m2/magothy.htm |title=Magothy}}</ref>

===USS ''Matanzas'' (AVP-46)===
The contract for the construction of [[USS Matanzas (AVP-46)|''Matanzas'']] was cancelled on 29 April 1943 before she was laid down.<ref name="DANFSMatanzas">{{cite web |last=''Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships''|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/m6/matanzas.htm |title=Matanzas}}</ref>

===USS ''Metomkin'' (AVP-47)===
The contract for the construction of [[USS Metomkin (AVP-47)|''Metomkin'']] was cancelled on 29 April 1943 before she was laid down.<ref name="DANFSMetomkin">{{cite web |last=''Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships''|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/m10/metomkin.htm |title=Metomkin}}</ref>

===USS ''Onslow'' (AVP-48)===
[[USS Onslow (AVP-48)|''Onslow'']] was in commission from 1943 to 1947, seeing World War II service in the Central Pacific, [[Palau Islands]], and Okinawa campaign. She was recommissioned in 1951 and saw service in support of [[United Nations]] forces in the [[Korean War]] (1950&ndash;1953), performing four tours in [[Korea]] between 1951 and 1955, and then remained in commission until 1960, when she was sold into commercial service in the Philippines.<ref name="DANFSOnslow">{{cite web |last=''Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships''|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/o3/onslow.htm |title=Onslow}}</ref>

===USS ''Orca'' (AVP-49)===
[[USS Orca (AVP-49)|''Orca'']] was in commission from 1944 to 1947, performing her World War II service in the New Guinea and Philippines campaigns. She was again in commissioned from 1951 to 1960, seeing service the Pacific and [[Far East]] (1950&ndash;1953). In 1962 she was transferred to [[Ethiopia]], and served as that country's largest warship [[Ethiopia (A-01)|''Ethiopia'' (A-01)]] until 1991.<ref name="DANFSOrca">{{cite web |last=''Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships''|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/o3/orca-ii.htm |title=Orca}}</ref>

===USS ''Rehoboth'' (AVP-50, later AGS-50)===
[[USS Rehoboth (AVP-50)|''Rehoboth'']] was in commission from 1944 to 1947, performing her World War II service in the [[United Kingdom]] and [[Brazil]]. She was recomissioned in 1948 after conversion to an [[oceanography|oceanographic]] survey vessel. Redesignated AGS-50 in 1949, she saw service in this role from 1948 to 1970.<ref name="DANFSRehoboth">{{cite web |last=''Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships''|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/r4/rehoboth-ii.htm |title=Rehoboth}}</ref>

===USS ''San Carlos'' (AVP-51)===
[[USS San Carlos (AVP-51)|''San Carlos'']] was in commission from 1944 to 1947, performing her World War II service in the Pacific, where she saw action in the [[Solomon Islands]], at Morotai, and Philippines campaign. After years in reserve, she returned to U.S. Navy service in 1958 in a non-commissioned status as the [[hydrography|hydrographic]] survey ship [[United States Naval Ship]] [[USNS Josiah Willard Gibbs (T-AGOR-1)|USNS ''Josiah Willard Gibbs'' (T-AGOR-1)]] with a mostly civilian crew, serving in this role until 1971. In 1971 she was transferred to Greece, which also employed her as a hydrographic survey ship.<ref name="DANFSSan Carlos">{{cite web |last=''Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships''|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/s4/san_carlos.htm |title=San Carlos}}</ref>

===USS ''Shelikof'' (AVP-52)===
[[USS Shelikof (AVP-52)|''Shelikof'']] was in commission from 1944 to 1947, performing her World War II service in the Central Pacific and in the Okinawa campaign. She was in reserve from 1947 to 1960, when she was sold into commercial service. She served as a Greek cruise ship until she sank in a storm while laid up in 1981.<ref name="DANFSShelikof">{{cite web |last=''Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships''|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/s11/shelikof.htm |title=Shelikof}}</ref>

===USS ''Suisun'' (AVP-53)===
[[USS Suisun (AVP-53)|''Suisun'']] was in commission from 1944 to 1955, performing her World War II service in the Central Pacific, then serving postwar in the Pacific and Far East. She was in reserve from 1955 to 1966, then was sunk as a target.<ref name="DANFSSuisun">{{cite web |last=''Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships''|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/s19/suisun.htm |title=Suisun}}</ref>

===USS ''Timbalier'' (AVP-54)===
[[USS Timbalier (AVP-54)|''Timbalier'']] was in commission from 1946 to 1954, performing most of her active service in the [[Caribbean]] and along the [[United States East Coast]]. She was in reserve from 1954 to 1960, then sold into commercial service. She operated as a Greek cruise ship from 1960 to 1989.<ref name="DN">{{cite web |last=Department of the Navy |url=http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-t/avp54.htm |title= DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER: USS Timbalier (AVP-54), 1946&ndash;1960}}</ref>

===USS ''Valcour'' (AVP-55, later AGF-1)===
[[USS Valcour (AVP-55)|''Valcour'']] was in commission from 1946 to 1973, spending her career in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, and Middle East. In 1965 she was reclassified as a "miscellaneous command [[flagship]]", redesignated AGF-1.<ref name="DANFSValcour">{{cite web |last=''Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships''|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/v1/valcour.htm |title=Valcour}}</ref>

===USS ''Wachapreague'' (AGP-8, ex-AVP-56)===
[[USS Wachapreague (AGP-8)|''Wachapreague'']] was one of four ''Barnegat''-class ships to be converted during construction into a motor torpedo boat tender. She was in commission from 1944 to 1946, performing her World War II service in the Pacific, where she saw action in the Philippine and Borneo campaigns. She was transferred to the U.S. Coast Guard postwar as [[USCGC McCulloch (WAVP-386)|USCGC ''McCulloch'' (WAVP-386)]], later WHEC-386, and was in commissioned Coast Guard service from 1946 to 1972. She was transferred to South Vietnam in 1972. Upon the collapse of the South Vietnamese government at the end of the Vietnam War in 1975, she fled to the Philippines, and served in the Philippine Navy until 1985.<ref name="DANFSWachapreague">{{cite web |last=''Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships''|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/w1/wachapreague.htm |title=Wachapreague}}</ref>

===USS ''Willoughby'' (AGP-9, ex-AVP-57)===
[[USS Willoughby (AGP-9)|''Willoughby'']] was one of four ''Barnegat''-class ships to be converted during construction into a motor torpedo boat tender. She was in commission from 1944 to 1946, performing her World War II service in the Pacific, where she saw action in the Philippine and Borneo campaigns. She was transferred to the U.S. Coast Guard postwar as [[USCGC Gresham (WAVP-387)|USCGC ''Gresham'' (WAVP-387)]], later WHEC-387 and WAGW-387, and was in commissioned Coast Guard service until 1973.<ref name="DANFSWilloughby">{{cite web |last=Naval Historical Centre |url=http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/w9/willoughby-ii.htm |title=Willoughby}}</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==
* [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/index.html Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships] (see individual ship entries)
* Chesneau, Roger. ''Conway{{'}}s All the World's Fighting Ships 1922&ndash;1946''. New York: Mayflower Books, Inc., 1980. ISBN 0-8317-0303-2.
* [http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/org11-2.htm Department of the Navy: Naval Historical Center Online Library of Selected Images] (see individual ship entries)
* [http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/43/43idx.htm NavSource Photo Archives: Small Seaplane Tender (AVP) Index] (see individual ship entries)

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