| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Seaplane tender |
| Class | [No specific class] |
| Pennant | AV 1 |
| Built by | American International Shipbuilding Corp. (Hog Island, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 5 Feb 1919 |
| Launched | 28 Apr 1920 |
| Commissioned | 16 Dec 1921 |
| End service | 21 Jun 1946 |
| History | Displacement: 11500 BRT (fl) Reclassified as miscellaneous auxiliary (AG-79) on 1 October 1944 |
Commands listed for USS Wright (AV 1)
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and that we only list Commanding Officers for the duration of the Second World War.
| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | William Keen Harrill, USN | 1 Jul 1939 | 28 Jun 1940 |
| 2 | Cdr. Calvin Thornton Durgin, USN | 28 Jun 1940 | 2 Jul 1941 |
| 3 | Cdr. Carlos Wilhelm Wieber, USN | 2 Jul 1941 | 21 Apr 1942 |
| 4 | Cdr. Marshall Raymond Greer, USN | 21 Apr 1942 | 4 Sep 1942 |
| 5 | Leonard Frisco, USN | 4 Sep 1942 | 22 Sep 1942 |
| 6 | T/Capt. Donald Francis Smith, USN | 22 Sep 1942 | 9 Mar 1943 |
| 7 | T/Cdr. Frank Carlin Sutton, Jr., USN | 9 Mar 1943 | 28 Dec 1943 |
| 8 | T/Capt. James Ellis Baker, USN | 28 Dec 1943 | 16 Oct 1944 |
| 9 | Frederick Dodge Powers, USNR | 16 Oct 1944 |
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