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USS Half Moon
USS ''Half Moon'' (AVP-26) was a seaplane tender that in commission in the United States Navy from 1943 to 1946 that saw service in the latter half of World War II. After the war, she was in commission in the United States Coast Guard as the United States Coast Guard Cutter, cutter USCGC ''Half Moon'' (WAVP-378), later WHEC-378, from 1948 to 1969, seeing service in the Vietnam War during her Coast Guard career. Construction and commissioning ''Half Moon'' was keel-laying, laid down as a small seaplane tender (AVP-26) on 10 March 1942 by Lake Washington Shipyards, Houghton, Washington, Houghton, Washington (state), Washington, and was Ship naming and launching, launched as such on 12 July 1942, sponsored by Mrs. T. A. Gray. In March 1943 she was selected for conversion into a motor torpedo boat tender and redesignated AGP-6, but she was so close to completion as a seaplane tender that it soon was decided to convert the seaplane tender USS ''Oyster Bay'' (AVP-28) into a motor torpe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Half Moon (AVP-26) 2
USS ''Half Moon'' (AVP-26) was a seaplane tender that in commission in the United States Navy from 1943 to 1946 that saw service in the latter half of World War II. After the war, she was in commission in the United States Coast Guard as the United States Coast Guard Cutter, cutter USCGC ''Half Moon'' (WAVP-378), later WHEC-378, from 1948 to 1969, seeing service in the Vietnam War during her Coast Guard career. Construction and commissioning ''Half Moon'' was keel-laying, laid down as a small seaplane tender (AVP-26) on 10 March 1942 by Lake Washington Shipyards, Houghton, Washington, Houghton, Washington (state), Washington, and was Ship naming and launching, launched as such on 12 July 1942, sponsored by Mrs. T. A. Gray. In March 1943 she was selected for conversion into a motor torpedo boat tender and redesignated AGP-6, but she was so close to completion as a seaplane tender that it soon was decided to convert the seaplane tender USS ''Oyster Bay'' (AVP-28) into a motor torpe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
