Navy | The US Navy |
Type | Seaplane tender |
Class | Barnegat |
Pennant | AVP 12 |
Built by | Puget Sound Navy Yard (Bremerton, Washington, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | 1 Jul 1939 |
Laid down | 30 May 1940 |
Launched | 15 Nov 1941 |
Commissioned | 27 Dec 1941 |
End service | 10 Apr 1947 |
History | Decommissioned on 10 April 1947 |
Commands listed for USS Casco (AVP 12)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Cdr. Thomas Selby Combs, USN | 27 Dec 1941 | 18 Aug 1942 (1) |
2 | T/Cdr. Willis Everett Cleaves, USN | 18 Aug 1942 | 8 Jul 1943 |
3 | T/Cdr. Earl Ruhf DeLong, USN | 8 Jul 1943 | 19 Jul 1944 |
4 | T/Cdr. Reginald Rutherford, USN | 31 Jul 1944 | 31 Aug 1945 |
5 | Lt.Cdr. Edward Kim Shanahan, USN | 31 Aug 1945 | 10 Apr 1947 |
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