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USCGC CHINCOTEAGUE (WAVP-375) ex-USS Chincoteague (AVP-24) Barnegat class seaplane tender in service 1943 to 1972

 

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Chincoteague was in commission from 1943 to 1946, performing her World War II service in the Pacific. She was transferred to the U.S. Coast Guard postwar as USCGC Chincoteague (WAVP-375), later WHEC-375, and was in commissioned Coast Guard service from 1949 to 1972. She was transferred to South Vietnam in 1972 and served in the Republic of Vietnam Navy as the frigate RVNS Lý Thường Kiệt (HQ-16). Upon the collapse of the South Vietnamese government at the end of the Vietnam War in 1975, she fled to the Philippines. She served in the Philippine Navy from 1975 to 1985 as the frigate RPS (later BRP) Andrés Bonifacio (PF-7).

 

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USS Albemarle AV 5 Participated in the Bikini Atoll Atomic bomb testing

This patch is probably from her second go around on active duty from 1957 to 1960. Later in life she became the USNS Corpus Christie T-ARVH 1

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On 12/29/2017 at 12:11 PM, Salvage Sailor said:

USS SALISBURY SOUND (AV-13) "The Sally Sound", Currituck class in service 1945 to 1967

 

Flagship of the Korean War Formosa Patrol and Cold War Taiwan Straits Patrol

 

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USS SALISBURY SOUND (AV-13) "The Sally Sound", Currituck class in service 1945 to 1967

Flagship of the Korean War Formosa Patrol and Cold War Taiwan Straits Patrol

 

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USS SALISBURY SOUND (AV-13)

"The Sally Sound" Flagship of the Korean War Formosa Patrol - Task Force 72

 

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Here is a patch for the USS Valcour AVP-55 after her conversion to an AGF-1 (Miscellaneous Command Flagship) in 1965-she was in and out of the Med until her de-commissioning in 1971.

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On 1/13/2018 at 3:40 PM, Salvage Sailor said:

USS ORCA (AVP-49) Barnegat class WWII "Black Cat" mother ship, in service 1944 to 1960. Later served in Korean War and as Hong Kong Station ship for the Formosan/Taiwan Straits Patrol.  Also involved in the Atomic tests at Bikini Atoll

 

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Description: Underway on 4 April 1955. Note the aviation insignia on the bow aft of the hull number. The open 5/38 mount formerly on her fantail was removed between late 1951 and 1955. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

 

Another version of USS ORCA (AVP-49) Barnegat class small seaplane tender in service 1944 to 1960

 

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On 2 August 1954, Orca relieved Walton (DE-361) at Hong Kong as station ship.

By 25 February 1955 she was back in San Diego for leave and upkeep.

 

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USS Orca (AVP-49) moored at Naval Station San Diego, circa 1950s from Navsource

 

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USS CASCO (AVP-12) Class leader in USN service 1941-1947 

USCGC CASCO (WAVP-370 / WHEC-370) 1949 -1966

 

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TORPEDOED!

USS Casco (AVP-12) at Kodiak after being salvaged and refloated, circa 12 September 1942. Casco was torpedoed by Japanese submarine HIJMS RO-61 while laying at anchor in Nazan Bay, Alaska. The resulting explosion killed five and wounded twenty of her crew. Excellent damage control enabled Casco to get underway reaching Dutch Harbor and Kodiak so that emergency repairs could be completed to allow the ship to return to Puget Sound Navy Yard for permanent repairs.  09431236 - U.S. Navy History and Heritage Command

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USS Casco (AVP-12) in Massacre Bay, Attu Island in the Aleutians in about May 1943 soon after the US recaptured the island. A PBY-5A "Catalina" patrol bomber is taking off on a patrol.  US National Archives photo # 80-G-65978

 

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USS Casco (AVP-12) refueling a PBY-5 Catalina probably in Alaska in 1943. Lines are run to pull the plane forward while bamboo poles are in place to keep it from colliding with the ship due to wind and waves.  US National Archives photo # 80-G-43567

 

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One of USS Casco (AVP-12)'s twin 40mm gun crews keeps an eye on an unidentified plane in a harbor probably in Alaska in 1943.
US National Archives photo # 80-G-43571

 

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USS Casco (AVP-12) crew members push off a seaplane, circa July 1945.
US National Archives photo # 80-G-43819

 

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USS Casco (AVP-12) sailors enjoy a rare sunny day in the Aleutians in 1943. Note the sailor at the bow jumping rope.
US National Archives photo # 80-G-43569

 

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USS Casco (AVP-12) at anchor in Casco Cove, Attu Island, AK., in September 1943.
US National Archives photo # 80-G-89475

 

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