file created: 12/07/02 01:07:19 , last update: 04/04/00
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AV-1 Wright
United States Navy seaplane tender
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Wright
American International Shipbuilding Corp., Hog Is.
1920/04/28 1921/12/16 1948/08/18
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Namesake: Orville Wright - world 1st aviator
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
41/12/07     ScoutForPac/PatWing1 & TF 9 en route from P.H. to Midway   81  114 
41/12/09 41/12/19     P.H.   66 
41/12/19 41/12/24     carry troops (4th Defense Battalion) from P.H. to Midway   66  85 
42/04/02 42/04/26     sail from P.H. to Samoa > Fiji > Esp. Santo > Noumea > Sydney   66 
42/05/? 42/06/16     sail from Australia to P.H.   66 
42/06/16 42/12     transport duty in Hawaiian Sea Frontier   66 
42/12/01       departed P.H. to Esp. Santo with VMSB-233 & VMSB-234 personel   66 
43/01/17       arrived P.H.   66 
43/03 43/07     Moore Dry Dock Co., Oakland - overhaul   66 
43/03/09 43/03/2?     sail from Fiji to P.H. > Oakland   66 
43/07/2? 43/08/12     sail from P.H. to Fiji with VMF-222 personel onboard   66 
43/08/14 43/08/30     Esp. Santo   88 
43/09/04 43/09/20     Esp. Santo   88 
43/09/2? 44/01/17     Rendova Harbor - tender duty for VP-14   66 
43/09/28 43/09/30     Esp. Santo   88 
43/10/06 43/10/07     Esp. Santo   88 
43/11/25 43/12/03     Esp. Santo   88 
43/12/06 43/12/14     Esp. Santo   88 
43/12/18 43/12/20     Esp. Santo   88 
44/01/2? 44/04/18     Hawthorn Sound, New Georgia - tender duty for VP-14, VP-71   66 
44/04/20       Gavutu Harbor, Florida Is.   66 
44/06/01       departed Esp. Santo to Tulagi   66 
44/06/05 44/06/17     Blanche Harbor, Tulagi   66 
44/06/23 44/07/16     Humboldt Bay - tender duty for VP-33   66 
44/07/17 44/08/03     Mios Woendi - from 07/27 flagship ComAir7thFlt   66 
44/08/03 44/08/27     sail from Mios Woendi to Edema Is. > Manus > Mios Woendi   66 
44/09/03 44/09/04     Manus   66 
44/09/03 44/09/2?     sail from Manus to Brisbane   66 
44/10/01       >AG-79   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1944/10/01 > AG-79, 1946/07/01 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 2 Battle Stars
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