USS Unimak
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USS Unimak (AVP-31) was a United States Navy Barnegat-class small seaplane tender in commission from 1943 to 1946 that saw service in World War II. After the war, she was in commission in the United States Coast Guard as the cutter USCGC Unimak (WAVP-379), later WHEC-379, WTR-379, and again WHEC-379, from 1949 to 1975 and from 1977 to 1988.
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USS Unimak (AVP-31) in Seattle on 31 January 1944 | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Unimak (AVP-31) |
Namesake | Unimak Bay on the southern side of Unimak Island, Alaska |
Builder | Associated Shipbuilders, Inc., Seattle |
Laid down | 15 February 1942 |
Launched | 27 May 1942 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. H. B. Berry |
Commissioned | 31 December 1943 |
Decommissioned | 25 January 1946 |
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Acquired | Transferred from U.S. Coast Guard 1988 |
Fate | Scuttled 1988 to form an artificial reef |
United States | |
Name | USCGC Unimak (WAVP-379) |
Namesake | Unimak Bay on the coast of Unimak Island in Alaska (previous name retained) |
Acquired |
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Commissioned | 3 January 1949 |
Reclassified |
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Decommissioned | 31 May 1975 |
Recommissioned | 22 August 1977 |
Reclassified | High endurance cutter, WHEC-379, 22 August 1977 |
Decommissioned | 29 April 1988 |
Fate | Transferred to U.S. Navy 1988 |
Notes | Radio callsign NBVG |
General characteristics (seaplane tender) | |
Class and type | Barnegat-class small seaplane tender |
Displacement |
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Length | 310 ft 9 in (94.7 m) |
Beam | 41 ft 2 in (12.55 m) |
Draft | 13 ft 6 in (4.1 m) |
Installed power | 6,000 horsepower (4.48 megawatts) |
Propulsion | Diesel engines, two shafts |
Speed | 18.2 knots (33.7 km/h) |
Complement |
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Sensors and processing systems | Radar; sonar |
Armament |
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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 | 2,498 long tons (2,538 t) full load in 1966 |
Length | 311 ft 7¾ in (95.0 m) overall; 300 ft 0 in (91.4 m) between perpendiculars |
Beam | 41 ft (12.5 m) maximum |
Draft | 12 ft 7 in (3.8 m) full load, aft, maximum, in 1966 |
Installed power | 6,080 bhp (4,530 kW) |
Propulsion | Four Fairbanks-Morse 10-cylinder direct-reversing diesel engines in two engine rooms; two shafts |
Speed | 17.3 knots (32 km/h) sustained maximum in 1966>br/> 10.0 knots (19 km/h) economic in 1966 |
Range |
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Capacity | 166,430 US gallons (630,000 L) (630.0 kiloliters) diesel fuel |
Complement | 89 (10 officers, 2 warrant officers, 77 enlisted personnel) in 1966 |
Sensors and processing systems | |
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