Allied Warships

USS Currituck (AV 7)

Seaplane tender of the Currituck class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeSeaplane tender
ClassCurrituck 
PennantAV 7 
Built byPhiladelphia Navy Yard (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.) 
Ordered6 Sep 1941 
Laid down14 Dec 1942 
Launched11 Sep 1943 
Commissioned26 Jun 1944 
End service 
History

Decommissioned on 7 August 1947
Recommissioned on 1 August 1951
Decommissioned on 12 February 1958
Recommissioned on 20 August 1960
Decommissioned on 31 October 1967
Stricken on 1 April 1971
Sold to be broken up for scrap on 10 January 1973

 

Commands listed for USS Currituck (AV 7)

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1T/Capt. William Ashby Evans, USN26 Jun 194419 Nov 1945 (1)

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Sources

  1. http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/auxil/av7.htm

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