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AV-8 Tangier
United States Navy seaplane tender
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Tangier 1939/03/18
Moore Dry Dock Co., Oakland, Cal.
1939/09/15 1940/06/03 1961/11/17
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
41/12/07     ScoutForPac/PatWing2 P.H.   114 
41/12/15 41/12/27   17 reinforce Wake  
41/12/26     17 land troops and VMF-221 ground echelon on Midway   85 
41/12/31 42/02/11     P.H.   66 
42/02/11 42/03/03     sail from P.H. to Pago Pago > Suva > Noumea   66 
42/03/03 42/06/20     Noumea - tender duty   66 
42/05/01 42/05/0?   17.9/GF xCoralS - at Noumea   104 
42/06/21 42/07/04     sail from Noumea to P.H.   66 
42/07/15 42/09     San Francisco - overhaul   66 
42/11       Esp. Santo   81 
43/02/29 43/08/12     Esp. Santo - tender duty   66 
43/08/12 43/08/28     sail from Esp. Santo to P.H.   66 
43/09 43/10     2 voyages from P.H. to Samoa, 1 to San Diego   66 
43/10/27 43/11/06     sail from P.H. to Esp. Santo   66 
43/11/14 43/12/03     sail from Esp. Santo to SAn Diego   66 
43/12/03 44/02/21     San Diego - overhaul   66 
44/02/21 44/03/08     sail from San Diego to Esp. Santo   66 
44/03/13 44/03/21     sail from Esp. Santo to Brisbane   66 
44/03/21       Brisbane - flagship ComAir7thFlt   66 
44/03/23 44/03/31     sail from Brisbane to Milne Bay > Langemak Bay > Seeadler Harbor   66 
44/03/31 44/07/31     Seeadler Harbor - tender duty   66 
44/07/31 44/09/19     Woendi Anchorage, Biak - tender duty   66 
44/09/21 44/12/01     Morotai - tender duty   66 
44/12/06 44/12/22     Seeadler Harbor, Manus   66 
44/12/22 44/12/23     Woendi   66 
44/12/25 44/12/26     Kossol Roads   66 
44/12/29 45/01/24     San Pedo Bay, Leyte - tender duty   66 
45/01/27 45/02/12     Lingayen Gulf - tender duty   66 
45/02/12 45/03/07     Mangarin Bay - tender duty   66 
45/03/08 45/03/11     Subic Bay   66 
45/03/12 45/06/17     Cabalitan Bay, Cabalitan Is. - tender duty   66 
45/06/18 45/06/25     Subic Bay & Manila Bay   66 
45/06/25 45/07/20     sail Manila Bay > San Pedro Bay (06/27) > P.H. (07/10) > San Francisco   66 
45/07/20 45/09/24     Moore Dry Dock Co., San Francisco - overhaul   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1961/06/01 struck from Navy List
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