USS Greenwich Bay (AVP-41)
USS Greenwich Bay (AVP-41) in May 1945
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| Name: | USS Greenwich Bay |
| Namesake: | Greenwich Bay, off the coast of Rhode Island |
| Builder: | Lake Washington Shipyard, Houghton, Washington |
| Laid down: | 18 July 1944 |
| Launched: | 17 March 1945 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. Francis B. Johnson |
| Commissioned: | 20 May 1945 |
| Decommissioned: | June 1966 |
| Struck: | 1 July 1966 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrapping 21 June 1967 |
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| Class and type: | Barnegat-class small seaplane tender |
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| Length: | 310 ft 9 in (94.72 m) |
| Beam: | 41 ft 1 in (12.52 m) |
| Draught: | 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m) |
| Installed power: | 6,000 horsepower (4.48 megawatts) |
| Propulsion: | Diesel engines, two shafts |
| Speed: | 18 knots (33 km/h) |
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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 |
USS Greenwich Bay (AVP-41), was a United States Navy Barnegat-class small seaplane tender in commission from 1945 to 1966.
Greenwich Bay was laid down on 18 July 1944 at Lake Washington Shipyard, Houghton, Washington. She was launched on 17 March 1945, sponsored by Mrs. Francis B. Johnson, wife of the Commander of Fleet Air Wing 6 (FAW-6), and commissioned on 20 May 1945 with Commander Peter F. Boyle in command.
Greenwich Bay had not yet left the United States West Coast when World War II ended with the cessation of hostilities with Japan on 15 August 1945. Departing San Diego, California, on 26 August 1945, she called at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, Midway Atoll, and Okinawa before aqrriving at Taku, China, on 5 October 1945. Greenwich Bay spent the rest of 1945 along the China coast, touching at Tsingtao and Shanghai as well as Taku, tending seaplanes of the United States Seventh Fleet. She operated in Japanese waters during January 1946, and after a short stint in the Philippine Islands, departed for the United States on 1 May 1946. Calling at Hong Kong; Singapore; Naples, Italy; Casablanca, French Morocco; and Gibraltar during the voyage, she arrived at Norfolk, Virginia on 1 July 1946. She then moved to New York City for .
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