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AV-4 Curtiss
United States Navy seaplane tender
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Curtiss | . . New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, N.J. | 1940/04/20 | 1940/11/15 | 1957/09/24
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| Namesake: Glenn Hammond Curtiss, *1878/05/21, +1930/07/23; aviation pioneer | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 41/12/07 | ScoutForPac/PatWing2 | damage(planes) P.H. - 19 KIA | 66 114 | ||
| 41/12/08 | 41/12/28 | P.H. - temporary repairs | 66 | ||
| 42/01/0? | 42/01/0? | San Diego - repairs | 66 | ||
| 42/01/13 | 42/06 | transport duty from P.H. to Samoa, Suva, Noumea | 66 | ||
| 42/02/21 | arrived Noumea | 81 | |||
| 42/03/2? | 42/04/03 | sail from P.H. to Midway, embark civilians, then sail back to P.H. | 66 | ||
| 42/06/02 | 42/06/16 | sail from P.H. to Noumea | 66 | ||
| 42/06/16 | 42/08/04 | Noumea - flagship ComNavAirSoPac | 66 | ||
| 42/08/04 | 43/07/09 | Esp. Santo - tender duty | 66 | ||
| 42/10 | 62 | xSCruz | |||
| 43/08 | 43/10 | San Francisco - overhaul | 66 | ||
| 43/11/07 | 43/12/29 | Funafuti - flagship ComAirCenPac | 66 | ||
| 43/12/31 | 44/03/08 | Tarawa | 66 | ||
| 44/03/10 | 44/06/26 | Kwajalein | 66 | ||
| 44/06/27 | 44/08/09 | Eniwetok | 66 | ||
| 44/08/12 | 45/01/01 | Saipan | 66 | ||
| 45/01/02 | 45/02/07 | Guam | 66 | ||
| 45/02/01 | 45/02/24 | carry CVG-11 planes Ulithi > San Diego | 81 | ||
| 45/02/24 | 45/04 | San Francisco - overhaul | 66 | ||
| 45/05/22 | 45/06/25 | Iceber | Okinawa - flagship Com Fleet Air Wing 1 | 66 | |
| 45/06/21 | Iceber | damage(kami) at Kerama Retto (26-10N, 127-18E) - 41 KIA, 28 WIA | 86 85 | ||
| 45/06/25 | 45/06/30 | sail from Okinawa to Saipan escorted by William C. Cole, Witter and Forrest | 66 | ||