Allied Warships

USS Valcour (AVP 55)

Seaplane tender of the Barnegat class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeSeaplane tender
ClassBarnegat 
PennantAVP 55 
Built byLake Washington Shipyards (Houghton, Washington, U.S.A.) 
Ordered11 Apr 1942 
Laid down21 Dec 1942 
Launched5 Jun 1943 
Commissioned5 Jul 1946 
End service17 Jun 1973 
History

Reclassified as miscellaneous command flagship, (AGF-1) on 15 December 1965
Decommissioned and stricken on 17 June 1973
Sold to be broken up for scrap in May 1977

 

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