| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Seaplane tender |
| Class | Barnegat |
| Pennant | AVP 23 |
| Built by | Lake Washington Shipyard (Houghton, Washington, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 23 Jul, 1941 |
| Launched | 8 Mar, 1942 |
| Commissioned | 28 Jan, 1943 |
| End service | 19 Mar, 1947 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Decommissioned on 19 March 1947 Loaned to the United States Coast Guard on 5 January 1949 and renamed USCGC Absecon (WAVP-374) Redesignated high endurance cutter WHEC-374 on 1 May 1966 Transferred to South Vietnam on 15 June 1972 being renamed Tham Ngu Lao (HQ-15) Captured by North Vietnam in May 1975 and renamed Pham Ngu Lao (HQ-01) |
| Noteable events involving Absecon include: 13 Mar, 1943 |