USS Rockaway
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USS Rockaway (AVP-29), later AG-123, was a United States Navy Barnegat-class seaplane tender in commission from 1943 to 1946. She served in both the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean during World War II. In 1948, she was loaned to the United States Coast Guard, in which she served as the cutter USCGC Rockaway (WAVP-377), later WAGO-377, WHEC-377, and WOLE-377, from 1949 to 1972.
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Rockaway (AVP-29) on 6 October 1944, shortly after her main armament was reduced to a single 5-inch (127 mm) 38-caliber gun | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Rockaway (AVP-29) |
Namesake | Rockaway Inlet, on the southwestern coast of Long Island, New York, at the entrance to New York Bay |
Builder | Associated Shipbuilders, Inc., Seattle, Washington |
Laid down | 30 June 1941 |
Launched | 14 February 1942 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Z. E. Briggs |
Commissioned | 6 January 1943 |
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Stricken | 26 September 1966 |
Honors and awards | One battle star for World War II service |
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United States | |
Name | USCGC Rockaway (WAVP-377) |
Namesake | Previous name retained |
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Commissioned | 10 January 1949 |
Reclassified | Oceanographic vessel (WAGO-377) 1965 |
Reclassified | High endurance cutter (WHEC-377) 1 May 1966 |
Reclassified | Offshore law enforcement vessel (WOLE-377) 23 September 1971 |
Decommissioned | 29 January 1972[1] |
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Fate | Sold for scrapping 21 October 1972 |
General characteristics (seaplane tender) | |
Class and type | Barnegat-class small seaplane tender |
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Displacement | 1,766 tons (light); 2,750 ons (full load) |
Length | 311 ft 8 in (95.00 m) |
Beam | 41 ft 1 in (12.52 m) |
Draft | 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m) |
Installed power | 6,080 horsepower (4.54 megawatts) |
Propulsion | Fairbanks-Morse, direct reversing diesel engines; two shafts |
Speed | 18.6 knots (34.4 km/h) |
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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 |
General characteristics (Coast Guard cutter) | |
Class and type | Casco-class cutter |
Displacement | 2,390 tons (full load) in 1967 |
Length | 310 ft 7.75 in (94.6849 m) overall; 300 ft 0 in (91.44 m) between perpendiculars |
Beam | 41 ft 2.375 in (12.55713 m) maximum |
Draft | 13 ft 1 in (3.99 m) maximum aft at full load in 1967 |
Installed power | 6,080 bhp (4,530 kW) |
Propulsion | Fairbanks-Morse direct-reversing diesel engines, two shafts; 166,430 US gallons (630,000 L) of fuel |
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Complement | In 1967: 151 (10 officers, 3 warrant officers, 138 enlisted personnel) |
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