Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945

AVP-4 USS Avocet

• Seaplane Tender -- Small (ex-Lapwing/Bird Class Minesweeper):
• Displacement: 840 tons
• Length: 187'10"
• Beam: 35'5"
• Draft: 15'
• Speed: 14 knots
• Armament: 2 3"/50
• Complement: 75
• Reciprocating engine
• Built at Baltimore Drydock & Shipbuilding, and commissioned 17 September 1918 as AM-19
• Converted to Seaplane Tender AVP-4 1936

Additional Links:

• "Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships" -- USS Avocet
• Action Report -- Pearl Harbor attack

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