file created: 12/07/02 00:49:49 , last update: 12/22/00
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AV-14 Kenneth Whiting
United States Navy seaplane tender
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Kenneth . .
Seattle Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp., Seattle, Wash.
1943/12/15 1944/05/08 1962/02/21
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Namesake: Cap Kenneth Whiting, naval aviator
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
44/07/21 44/08/14     sail from San Diego to Saipan   66 
44/08/01 44/08/09     sail from P.H. to Majuro escorted by Snyder and William C. Cole   66 
44/08/14 44/11/20     Saipan - tender duty   66 
44/11/20 44/11/23     sail from Saipan to Kossol Passage   66 
44/11/23 45/02/05     Kossol Passage - tender duty   66 
45/02/06 45/04//02     Ulithi   66 
45/04/02 45/04/25     sail from Ulithi to Guam > Saipan > Okinawa   66 
45/04/25 45/09 Iceber   Okinawa   66 
45/06/21   Iceber   damage(kami) at Kerama Retto (26-10N, 127-18E)   66  85 

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1961/07/01 struck from Navy List
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