Currituck class seaplane tender
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 USS Currituck |
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| Class overview | |
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| 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 (164.7 m) |
| Beam: | 69 ft 3 in (21.1 m) |
| Draft: | 22 ft 3 in (6.8 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:
The ships were named for features on the United States coast.
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