USS Valcour in Puget Sound on 3 July 1946, two days before commissioning
History
United States
Name
USS Valcour
Namesake
Valcour Island in Lake Champlain in New York
Builder
Lake Washington Shipyard, Houghton, Washington, and Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington
Laid down
21 December 1942
Launched
5 June 1943
Sponsored by
Mrs. H. C. Davis
Commissioned
5 July 1946
Decommissioned
15 January 1973[1]
Stricken
15 January 1973[2]
Identification
AVP-55
Fate
Sold for scrap 1 May 1977
General characteristics
Class and type
Barnegat-class small seaplane tender
Displacement
1,766 tons (light); 2,750 tons (full load)
Length
311 ft 8 in (95.00 m)
Beam
41 ft 1 in (12.52 m)
Draught
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
As seaplane tender:
215 (ship's company)
367 (including aviation unit)
Sensors and processing systems
Radar, sonar
Armament
1 × 5 in (127 mm)/38-caliber dual-purpose gun mount
1 × quad 40 mm antiaircraft gun mount
2 × dual 40 mm antiaircraft gun mounts
8 × 20 mm antiaircraft guns
2 × depth charge tracks
2 × antisubmarine rocket launchers
Aviation facilities
As seaplane tender: Supplies, spare parts, repairs, and berthing for one seaplane squadron; 80,000 US gallons (300,000 L) aviation fuel
USS Valcour (AVP-55), later AGF-1, was a Barnegat-class seaplane tender of the United States Navy, in commission as a seaplane tender from 1946 to 1965 and as a flagship from 1965 to 1973.
^Per the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships[1], although NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive USS Valcour (AGF-1) ex USS Valcour (AVP-55) (1946 - 1965) places the decommissioning date at 17 June 1973
^Per the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships[2] and the Naval Vessel Register at http://www.nvr.navy.mil/SHIPDETAILS/SHIPSDETAIL_AGF_1.HTML, although NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive USS Valcour (AGF-1) ex USS Valcour (AVP-55) (1946 - 1965) places the striking date at 17 June 1973
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