Currituck class seaplane tender
- Currituck class seaplane tender
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| 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:
The ships were named for features on the United States coast.
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