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AV-9 Pocomoke
United States Navy seaplane tender
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Pocomoke 1939/08/14
Ingalls Shipb.& Drydock Co., Pascagoula, Miss.
1940/06/08 1941/07/18 1961/12/12
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
41/12/07     AtlFlt/PatWing7     114 
42/11/0?       joinPac - Panama Canal   66 
42/11/27       San Diego   66 
42/12/02       San Francisco   66 
43/01/04 43/01/2?     sail from San Francisco to P.H. > Fiji   66 
43/02/23 43/03/11     carry supplies and spare parts from California to P.H.   66 
43/03/1? 43/05/06     Oakland, Cal. - overhaul   66 
43/05/07 43/05/2?     sail from California to P.H. > Noumea   66 
43/06/06 43/09/18     Esp. Santo - tender duty for VPB-15, VPB-23   66 
43/09/18 43/09/2?     sail from Esp. Santo to P.H.   66 
43/10/01 43/10/21     sail from P.H. to Canton Is. > San Diego   66 
43/10/2? 43/12/14     sail San Diego > P.H. > Palmyra > Efate > Esp. Santo > Alameda, Cal.   66 
43/11/26 43/11/27     Esp. Santo   88 
43/12/2? 44/01/11     carry VMF-532 from Alameda to Funafuti   66 
44/01/11 44/01/25     sail from Funafuti to Tarawa > P.H.   66 
44/02 44/04/04     transport duty to Esp. SAnto   66 
44/05 44/06/15     Eniwetok, Kwajalein - tender duty   66 
44/06/15 44/09/12     Saipan - tender duty for VP-16   66 
44/09/1? 44/11/23     Kossol Passage - tender duty   66 
44/11/2? 44/12/15     sail from Kossol to Ulithi > Eniwetok > P.H. > San Francisco   66 
45/02/18 45/05???     Manus - ferry duty to San Pedro Bay, Samar Is.,   66 
45/05???       Palawan, Tawi Tawi - tendr duty   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1961/06/01 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 2 Battle Stars
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