Allied Warships

USS St George (AV 16)

Seaplane tender of the Kenneth Whiting class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeSeaplane tender
ClassKenneth Whiting 
PennantAV 16 
Built byTodd-Pacific Shipyards, Inc. (Tacoma, Washington, U.S.A.) 
Ordered9 Sep 1942 
Laid down4 Aug 1943 
Launched14 Feb 1944 
Commissioned24 Jul 1944 
End service1 Aug 1946 
History

Decommissioned on 1 August 1946
Stricken on 1 July 1963
Sold to Italy on 11 December 1968.

 

Commands listed for USS St George (AV 16)

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1T/Capt. Robert Gordon Armstrong, USN24 Jul 19449 Sep 1945 (1)
2T/Cdr. James Burke Voit, USN9 Sep 1945

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