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| Last updated: 23 July 2009 |
USS Curtiss retrieves a PBM
Note: This list is of purpose-built vessels only. Cargo vessels and passenger liners which served with the Navy as APs or APAs (transport) or other auxiliaries are listed on the Merchant Marine page. Listed by USN designation, in alphabetical order. Ships marked in yellow are still afloat but endangered.
| Designation | C# | Name(s) | Keel Laid | Ways | Launched | Delivered | Description | Notes |
| AD- 2 | 149 | Melville | Nov 11, 1913 | J | Mar 2, 1913 | Dec 2, 1915 | Melville class destroyer tender, 417ft, 7150dp | Decommissioned at Norfolk 9 Aug 1946, stricken 23 Apr 1947, and sold for scrap 1948. |
| AD-14 | 417 | Dixie | Mar 17, 1938 | K | May 27, 1939 | Apr 25, 1940 |
 DOD photo, 1976. Off Southern California. Dixie class destroyer tender |
Supported Operation Crossroads. Earned 5 Battle Stars for Korea. Stricken and decommissioned 15 Jun 1982. Sold 17 Feb 1983 and scrapped in Taiwan. |
| AD-15 | 419 | Prairie | Dec 7, 1938 | M | Dec 9, 1939 | Aug 05, 1940 | Dixie class destroyer tender | Decommissioned and stricken Mar 26, 1993 after 52.6 years service. Transferred to the Maritime Administration 1 Apr 1993 and immediately sold to Nishant Import & Export, towed to India, and scrapped. |
| AO-144 | 500 | Mississinewa | May 4, 1953 | M | Jun 12, 1954 | Jan 14, 1955 |
Neosho-class fleet oiler |
Decommissioned 15 Nov 1976. Stricken 16 Feb 1994. Transferred to NDRF (Maritime Administration) and placed in James River Reserve Fleet, 1 May 1999. MARAD contracted for the ship's scrapping on 27 Sep 2006, and work was completed in Brownsville, TX, on 11 Feb 2008. |
| AO-145 | 501 | Hassayampa | Jul 13, 1953 | O | Sep 12, 1954 | Apr 15, 1955 |
 Photo © 1966 by Dick Leonhardt Neosho-class fleet oiler |
Decommissioned 17 Nov 1978. Stricken 16 Feb 1994. Transferred to NDRF (Maritime Administration) and placed in Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet, May 1, 1999. As of 30 April 2009, on MARAD's "Non-Retention - Tanker" list with status Disposal. |
| AO-146 | 502 | Kawishiwi | Oct 5, 1953 | L | Dec 11, 1954 | Jun 22, 1955 |
 DOD photo 1991 Pearl Harbor Neosho-class fleet oiler |
Stricken 7 Nov 1994. Transferred to the NDRF (Maritime Administration) and placed in Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet, 1 May 1999. As of 30 April 2009, on MARAD's "Non-Retention - Tanker" list with status Disposal. |
| AO-147 | 503 | Truckee | Dec 21, 1953 | J | Mar 10, 1955 | Nov 18, 1955 |
 Department of Defense photo 1980 Neosho-class fleet oiler |
Decommissioned 30 Jan 1980. Stricken 18 Jul 1994. Transferred to NDRF and placed in James River Reserve Fleet, 1 May 1999. Sold to Bay Bridge Enterprises of Chesapeake, VA, for scrapping, Jul 2008. DANFS History |
| AO-148 | 504 | Ponchatoula | Mar 1, 1954 | K | Jul 9, 1955 | Jan 05, 1056 |
 Department of Defense photo 1991 Neosho-class fleet oiler |
Stricken 31 Aug 1992. Transferred to NDRF and placed in Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet, 1 May 1999. As of 30 April 2009, on MARAD's "Non-Retention - Tanker" list with status Disposal. |
| AOE-2 | 542 | Camden | Feb 17, 1964 | O | May 29, 1965 | Mar 11, 1967 |
 Photo courtesy Shawn Hennessy Sacramento class fast support ship, 795ft, 20717dp |
Last NYSB contract. Decommissioned October 14, 2005 at Kitsap Bay. Sold for scrap April 13, 2007. Made final transit of Panama Canal in August, 2007, en route to Brownsville, TX. Scrapped at ESCO Marine. |
| AR- 5 | 422 | Vulcan | Dec 16, 1939 | J | Dec 14, 1940 | Jun 16, 1941 |
 Department of Defense photo 1991 Vulcan class repair ship, 530ft, 12911dp |
Earned 1 Battle Star for WWII. Decommissioned 30 Sep 1991. Stricken 28 Jul 1992. Transferred to NDRF and placed in James River Reserve Fleet, 1 Feb 1999. Disposition contract awarded to Bay Bridge Enterprises 9 Nov 2006. Towed to Chesapeake, VA, for scrapping 19 Dec 2006. Still largely intact as of February 2008. |
AT-12 ATO-12 |
Sonoma | Nov 7, 1911 | May 11, 1912 | Sept 6, 1912 | Sea tug, 175 ft, 1120t dp | Served with the Atlantic Fleet as a tender during World War I. Survived several air attacks during WWII South Pacific operations, then struck by burning Japanese bomber Oct 24, 1944, in San Pedro Bay, Leyte Gulf, and sank in 18 ft of water off Dio Island. Considered 1st ship sunk by kamikaze. | ||
| AV- 4 | 418 | Curtiss | Apr 25,1938 | L | Apr 20, 1940 | Nov 15, 1940 |
 U. S. Navy photo Curtiss class seaplane tender, 527ft 8671dp |
Earned 7 Battle Stars in WWII. Struck by Japanese a/c and dive bomb at Pearl Harbpr, 7 Dec 1941. Tended Mariner and Sunderland squadrons in Korea. Flagship for Operation Greenhouse and Ivy (Eniwetok), 1951-52. Supported Operation deep Freeze II during IGY, 1957. Decommissioned and placed in reserve, 24 Sep 1957. |
| AV- 5 T-ARVH-1 |
420 | Albemarle Corpus Christi Bay |
Jun 12, 1939 | K | Jul 13, 1940 | Dec 20, 1940 |
Curtiss class seaplane tender
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Supported patrol operations in Caribbean for most of WWII. Decommissioned and placed in reserve at Brooklyn, 14 Aug 1950. Converted to tend P6M Seamaster, 1956. Recommissioned 1957. Decommissioned and placed in reserve at Norfolk, 21 Oct 1960. Stricken 1 Sep 1962. Reactivated 1964 and converted as helicopter maintenance vessel. Served in Vietnam. Stricken 31 Dec 1974. Sold for scrap 17 Jul 1975. |
| AV- 7 | 430 | Currituck | Cancelled | N/A | Sep 11, 1943 |
 U.S. Navy photo Curtiss class seaplane tender |
Cancelled and completed at Philadelphia Navy Yard. Stricken 1 Apr 1971. Sold for scrap 1 Oct 1972. |
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