Allied Warships

USS Tangier (AV 8)

Seaplane tender of the Tangier class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeSeaplane tender
ClassTangier 
PennantAV 8 
Built byMoore Dry Dock Co. (Oakland, California, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down18 Mar 1939 
Launched15 Sep 1939 
Commissioned25 Aug 1941 
End serviceJan 1947 
History

Acquired by the USN on 8 July 1940
Converted to seaplane tender and commissioned as USS Tangier (AV-8) on 25 August 1941
Decommissioned in January 1947
Stricken on 1 June 1961
Sold to be broken up for scrap on 17 November 1961

 

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1Capt. Howard Leyland Young, USNAug 1943Jan 1944

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