AV-15 Hamlin
United States Navy seaplane tender
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Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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Kenneth | Todd Pacific Shipyards Inc., Tacoma, Wash. | 1944/01/11 | 1944/06/26 | 1963/07/01
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Namesake: A sound on the coast of South Carolina, north of Charleston | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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44/08/16 | 44/08/24 |   |   | sail from San Pedro, Cal. to P.H. |   66  |
44/08/29 | 44/09/11 |   |   | sail from P.H. to Eniwetok > Saipan |   66  |
44/09/11 | 44/10/11 |   |   | Saipan |   66  |
44/10/11 | 44/12/2? |   |   | Ulithi |   66  |
44/12/29 | 45/02/15 |   |   | Saipan |   66  |
45/02/15 | 45/03/08 | Detach |   | land Iwojima |   81  |
45/02/25 |   | Detach |   | damaged by friendly fire off Iwojima (24-46N, 141-19E) |   85  |
45/03/08 | 45/03/23 |   |   | sail from Iwojima to Saipan > Guam |   66  |
45/03/23 | 45/05/28 | Iceber | 50.5/GF |   |   86  66  |
45/05/28 | 45/08/16 | Iceber |   | Okinawa |   66  |
45/08/16 | 45/08/30 |   |   | sail from Okinawa to Jokosuka |   66  |