USS St. George (AV-16)
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 United States
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| Name: | USS St. George |
| Builder: | Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation, Tacoma, Washington |
| Laid down: | 4 August 1943 |
| Launched: | 14 February 1944 |
| Commissioned: | 24 July 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | 1 August 1946 |
| Struck: | 1 July 1963 |
| Honors and awards: |
1 battle star (World War II) |
| Fate: | Sold to Italy |
| History | |
 Italy
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| Name: | Andrea Bafile (A5314) |
| Namesake: | Andrea Bafile, a Gold Medal of Military Valor recipient |
| Acquired: | 11 December 1968 |
| Decommissioned: | 1981 |
| Fate: | unknown |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Kenneth Whiting-class seaplane tender |
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| Length: | 492 ft (150 m) |
| Beam: | 69 ft 5 in (21.16 m) |
| Draft: | 22 ft (6.7 m) |
| Propulsion: | Steam turbine, 2 boilers, 1 shaft, 8,500 hp (6,338 kW) |
| Speed: | 18.7 knots (34.6 km/h; 21.5 mph) |
| Complement: | 1,077 |
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USS St. George (AV-16) was a Kenneth Whiting-class seaplane tender in the United States Navy.
St. George was laid down on 4 August 1943 by the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation, Tacoma, Washington, launched on 14 February 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Alfred E. Montgomery; and commissioned on 24 July 1944, Capt. Robert G. Armstrong in command.
After shakedown, St. George sailed from San Pedro, California, on 12 October 1944 to salvage a seaplane which had crashed at sea. She was diverted to Pearl Harbor after word was received that the plane had sunk.
After four days in Pearl Harbor, the ship sailed on 22 October to tend seaplanes in support of the Central Pacific drive. She stopped at Kwajalein between 29 October and 3 November, and then tended a squadron of aircraft at Eniwetok between 4 and 25 November. She moved frequently during the next four months, tending planes at Saipan between 28 November and 21 December; at Kossol Passage, Palau Islands, from 24 December 1944 to 6 February 1945, at Ulithi between 7 and 25 February, and at Saipan again from 27 February to 23 March. On 28 March, she arrived at Kerama Retto, Ryukyus, to support aircraft in the Okinawa operation.
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