USS San Carlos off Houghton, Washington, on 30 March 1944
History
United States
Name
USS San Carlos
Namesake
San Carlos Bay, Florida
Builder
Lake Washington Shipyard, Houghton, Washington
Laid down
17 September 1942
Launched
20 December 1942
Sponsored by
Mrs. Henry D. Batterton
Commissioned
21 March 1944
Decommissioned
30 June 1947
Identification
AVP-51
Honors and awards
Three battle stars for World War II service
Name
USNS Josiah Willard Gibbs
Namesake
Josiah Willard Gibbs
Builder
Lake Washington Shipyard, Houghton, Washington
Converted in 1958 by Mobile Ship Repair Company, Mobile, Alabama
In service
18 December 1958 with Military Sea Transportation Service
Out of service
7 December 1971
Refit
As oceanographic research ship July–December 1958
Stricken
7 December 1971
Identification
T-AGOR-1
Fate
Transferred to Hellenic Navy, 15 December 1971
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Name
Hephaistos
Acquired
15 December 1971
Stricken
April 1976
Identification
A413
General characteristics (as seaplane tender)
Class and type
Barnegat-class seaplane tender
Displacement
1,766 tons (light)
2,750 tons (full load)
Length
310 ft 9 in (94.72 m)
Beam
41 ft 2 in (12.55 m)
Draft
13 ft 6 in (4.11 m)
Installed power
6,000 hp (4,500 kW)
Propulsion
Diesel engines, two shafts
Speed
18.6 knots (34.4 km/h)
Complement
215 (ship's company)
367 (including aviation unit)
Sensors and processing systems
Radar; sonar
Armament
2 × 5 in (130 mm) guns
2 × dual 20 mm antiaircraft guns
4 × dual 20-millimeter antiaircraft guns
2 × depth charge tracks
Aviation facilities
Supplies, spare parts, repairs, and berthing for one seaplane squadron; 80,000 US gallons (300,000 L; 67,000 imp gal) aviation fuel
USS San Carlos (AVP-51) was a Barnegat-class seaplane tender built for the United States Navy during World War II. San Carlos, named after San Carlos Bay, Florida, was in commissioned from 1944 to 1947 and earned three battle stars for service in the Pacific during World War II. After eleven years in reserve, San Carlos was converted to oceanographic research ship USNS Josiah Willard Gibbs (T-AGOR-1)—named after American scientist Josiah Willard Gibbs—and placed in service as a non-commissioned ship of the Military Sea Transportation Service from 1958 to 1971. In December 1971, the ship was transferred to the Hellenic Navy as Hephaistos (A413), a motor torpedo boat tender. Hephaistos was struck from the rolls of the Hellenic Navy in April 1976.
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