USS Currituck (AV-7)
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USS Currituck in 1944
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| Name: | USS Currituck |
| Namesake: | Currituck Sound |
| Builder: | Philadelphia Navy Yard |
| Laid down: | 14 December 1942 |
| Launched: | 11 September 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 26 June 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | 31 October 1967 |
| Struck: | 1 April 1971 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrapping, 1971 |
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| Class and type: | Currituck-class seaplane tender |
| Displacement: | 14,000 tons (full load) |
| Length: | 540 ft 5 in (164.72 m) |
| Beam: | 69 ft 3 in (21.11 m) |
| Draft: | 22 ft 3 in (6.78 m) |
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| Speed: | 19 knots (35 km/h) |
| Complement: | 1,247 |
| Armament: | 4 × 5"/38 DP guns |
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USS Currituck (AV-7) was the first of four Currituck class seaplane tenders, and was nicknamed the Wild Goose. She was built during World War II and served during the Cold War.
The second US ship to be named for the Currituck Sound, the Currituck (AV-7), was launched 11 September 1943 by Philadelphia Navy Yard; sponsored by Mrs. M. F. Draemel; and commissioned 26 June 1944, Captain W. A. Evans in command.
Currituck put to sea from Philadelphia on 31 August 1944 bound for duty with the Pacific Fleet. At Balboa, Panama, she embarked passengers for transportation to Manus, then continued on to Mios Woendi to unload cargo. She carried men and airplane spare parts and supplies for USS Tangier (AV-8) from Manus to Morotai, then returned to Mios Woendi briefly before arriving in San Pedro Bay, Leyte, 6 November to begin tending seaplanes flying missions in the Leyte operations.
Currituck sailed from Leyte on 6 January 1945 for the initial landings at Lingayen Gulf, Luzon, three days later, and remained there, at Cabalitan Bay, and at Mindoro tending seaplanes and directing seaplane search operations. She returned to Leyte 5 February, then sailed for Manila on 3 March. Upon her arrival three days later she sent boarding parties to inspect abandoned Japanese vessels in the harbor. Her tender duties at this port included maintenance of the 76th Wing of the Royal Australian Air Force from 27 April to 6 May.
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