USS Chincoteague (AVP-24)
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USS Chincoteague (AVP-24) off the United States West Coast in mid-1945 after an .
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 United States
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| Name: | USS Chincoteague (AVP-24) |
| Namesake: | Chincoteague Bay, on the coast of Maryland and Virginia |
| Builder: | Lake Washington Shipyard, Houghton, Washington |
| Laid down: | 23 July 1941 |
| Launched: | 15 April 1942 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. G. Rowe |
| Commissioned: | 12 April 1943 |
| Decommissioned: | 21 December 1946 |
| Honors and awards: |
Six battle stars for World War II service |
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| Acquired: | Transferred from U.S Coast Guard 21 June 1972 |
| Fate: | Transferred to South Vietnam 21 June 1972 |
 United States
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| Name: | USCGC Chincoteague (WAVP-375) |
| Namesake: | Previous name retained |
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| Commissioned: | 7 March 1949 |
| Reclassified: | High endurance cutter, WHEC-375, 1 May 1966 |
| Decommissioned: | 21 June 1972 |
| Fate: | Transferred to U.S. Navy 21 June 1972 |
 South Vietnam
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| Name: | RVNS Lý Thường Kiệt (HQ-16) |
| Namesake: | Lý Thường Kiệt (1019–1105), a Lý Dynasty general famed for repelling a Chinese invasion in 1075 |
| Acquired: | 21 June 1972 |
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| Name: | RPS Andrés Bonifacio (PF-7) |
| Namesake: | Andrés Bonifacio y de Castro (1863–1897), a Filipino revolutionary leader, regarded as the "Father of the Philippine Revolution" and one of the most influential national heroes of the Philippines |
| Acquired: | 5 April 1976 |
| Commissioned: | 27 July 1976 |
| Renamed: | BRP Andrés Bonifacio (PF-7) June 1980 |
| Decommissioned: | 1985? |
| Fate: | Sold for scrapping 2003 |
| General characteristics (seaplane tender) | |
| Class and type: | Barnegat-class seaplane tender |
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| Length: | 310 ft 9 in (94.72 m) |
| Beam: | 41 ft 2 in (12.55 m) |
| Draft: | 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m) (lim.) |
| Installed power: | 6,000 horsepower (4.48 megawatts) |
| Propulsion: | Diesel engines, two shafts |
| Speed: | 18.2 knots (33.7 km/h)s |
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Radar; sonar |
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| Aviation facilities: | Supplies, spare parts, repairs, and berthing for one seaplane squadron; 80,000 US gallons (300,000 L) aviation fuel |
| General characteristics (Coast Guard cutter) | |
| Class and type: | Casco-class cutter |
| Displacement: | 2,497 tons (full load) in 1965 |
| Length: | 310 ft 9.5 in (94.729 m) overall; 300 ft 0 in (91.44 m) between perpendiculars |
| Beam: | 41 ft 0 in (12.50 m) maximum |
| Draft: | 12 ft 5 in (3.78 m) (full load) in 1965 |
| Installed power: | 6,400 bhp (4,800 kW) |
| Propulsion: | Fairbanks-Morse direct-reversing diesel engines, two shafts; 166,430 US gallons (630,000 L) of fuel |
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| Complement: | 149 (10 officers, 3 warrant officers, 136 enlisted personnel) |
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| Armament: | In 1965: one single 5-inch (127 mm) 38-caliber Mark 12 Mod 1, 1 x Mark 52 Mod 3 director, 1 x Mark 26 fire-control radar, 1 x Mark 11 antisubmarine projector, 2 x Mark 32 Mod 2 torpedo tubes |
| General characteristics (South Vietnamese frigate) | |
| Class and type: | Trần Quang Khải-class frigate |
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| Length: | 310 ft 9 in (94.72 m) (overall); 300 ft 0 in (91.44 m) waterline |
| Beam: | 41 ft 1 in (12.52 m) |
| Draft: | 13 ft 5 in (4.09 m) |
| Installed power: | 6,080 horsepower (4.54 megawatts) |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Fairbanks Morse 38D diesel engines |
| Speed: | approximately 18 knots (maximum) |
| Complement: | approximately 200 |
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| General characteristics (Philippine Navy frigate) | |
| Class and type: | Andrés Bonifacio-class frigate |
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| Length: | 311.65 ft (94.99 m) |
| Beam: | 41.18 ft (12.55 m) |
| Draft: | 13.66 ft (4.16 m) |
| Installed power: | 6,200 brake horsepower (4.63 megawatts) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × Fairbanks-Morse 38D8 1/8 diesel engines |
| Speed: | 18.2 knots (33.7 km/h) (maximum) |
| Range: | 8,000 nautical miles (15,000 km) at 15.6 knots (28.9 km/h) |
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| Aircraft carried: | None permanently assigned; helipad could accommodate one MBB Bo 105 Helicopter |
| Aviation facilities: | Helipad; no support capability |
USS Chincoteague (AVP-24) was a United States Navy seaplane tender in commission from 1943 to 1946 that saw service in the Pacific during World War II. After the war, she was in commission in the United States Coast Guard as the cutter USCGC Chincoteague (WAVP-375), later WHEC-375, from 1949 to 1972. She was transferred to South Vietnam in 1972 and was commissioned into service with the Republic of Vietnam Navy as the frigate RVNS Lý Thường Kiệt (HQ-16), seeing combat in the Battle of the Paracel Islands in 1974. When South Vietnam collapsed at the conclusion of the Vietnam War in 1975, she fled to the Philippines, where she was commissioned into the Philippine Navy, serving as the frigate RPS (later BRP) Andrés Bonifacio (PF-7) from 1976 to 1985.
Chincoteague was launched on 15 April 1942 by Lake Washington Shipyard at Houghton, Washington, sponsored by Mrs. G. Rowe. She was commissioned on 12 April 1943 with Commander I. E. Hobbs in command.
Chincoteague departed San Diego, California, on 13 June 1943 for Saboe Bay in the Santa Cruz Islands, where she arrived on 6 July 1943 to support the New Guinea campaign as tender for Fleet Air Wing 1 (FAW-1). On 16 July 1943 the Japanese launched eight air attacks at Saboe Bay, killing nine of Chincoteague's crew and damaging the ship badly with one direct bomb hit and two near misses. Taken in tow first by the seaplane tender USS Thornton (AVD-11) and then by the tug USS Sonoma (AT-12), Chincoteague reached Espiritu Santo on 21 July 1943 for emergency repairs, and later was towed to San Francisco, California, for a thorough .
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