USS Chincoteague (AVP 24)

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Seaplane tender
Class	Barnegat
Pennant	AVP 24
Built by	Lake Washington Shipyard (Houghton, Washington, U.S.A.)
Ordered	6 Dec 1940
Laid down	23 Jul 1941
Launched	15 Apr 1942
Commissioned	12 Apr 1943
End service	21 Dec 1946
History	Decommissioned on 21 December 1946 Loaned to the United states Coast Guard and commissioned as USCGC Chincoteague (WAVP-375) on 7 March 1948 Redesignated high endurance cutter (WHEC-375) on 1 May 1966 Decommissioned in June 1972 Returned to the USN and transferred to South Vietnam on 21 June 1972 being renamed Ly Thung Kiet (HQ-05) Taken over by the Philippines in April 1975 being renamed Andres Bonifacto (PF-7) Sold to the Philippines on 5 April 1976 Decommissioned by the Philippines in June 1985

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and that we only list Commanding Officers for the duration of the Second World War.

	Commander	From	To
1	Lt.Cdr. Ira Earl Hobbs, USN	12 Apr 1943	14 Oct 1943 (1)
2	T/Cdr. Robert Adrian Rosasco, USN	14 Oct 1943	21 Jan 1945
3	T/Cdr. James Arthur Smith, USN	21 Jan 1945

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