USS Bering Strait (AVP 34)

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Seaplane tender
Class	Barnegat
Pennant	AVP 34
Built by	Lake Washington Shipyards (Houghton, Washington, U.S.A.)
Ordered	16 Sep 1942
Laid down	3 Jul 1943
Launched	15 Jan 1944
Commissioned	19 Jul 1944
End service	21 Jun 1946
History	Decommissioned on 21 June 1946 Loaned to the United States Coast Guard and commissioned as USCGC Bering Strait (WAVP-382) on 14 September 1948 Redesignated high endurance cutter (WHEC-382) on 1 May 1966 Decommissioned in February 1970 Transferred to South Vietnam in January 1971 being renamed Tran Quang Khai (HQ-15) Sold to the Philippines on 5 April 1976 and commissioned in the Philippine Navy as Diego Silang (PF-9) Decommissioned by Philippine Navy in June 1985

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	Commander	From	To
1	T/Cdr. Walter Deane Innis, USN	19 Jul 1944	late 1945 (1)

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