| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Seaplane tender |
| Class | Barnegat |
| Pennant | AVP 23 |
| Built by | Lake Washington Shipyard (Houghton, Washington, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | 6 Dec 1940 |
| Laid down | 23 Jul 1941 |
| Launched | 8 Mar 1942 |
| Commissioned | 28 Jan 1943 |
| End service | 19 Mar 1947 |
| History | Decommissioned on 19 March 1947 |
Commands listed for USS Absecon (AVP 23)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/Cdr. Robert Selden Purvis, Jr., USN | 28 Jan 1943 | 26 Jul 1943 (1) |
| 2 | Lt.Cdr. John Walter Davison, USN | 26 Jul 1943 | 31 May 1944 |
| 3 | T/Cdr. Peris Graves Bunce, USN | 31 May 1944 | 17 Aug 1945 |
| 4 | T/Lt.Cdr. William Edward Schafer, USN | 17 Aug 1945 |
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Notable events involving Absecon include:
13 Mar 1943
USS Absecon picks up 7 survivors from the Honduran merchant Olancho that was torpedoed and sunk on 11 March about 30 nautical miles west of Cape San Antonio, Cuba in position 22°08'N, 85°14'W by German U-boat U-183.