Navy | The US Navy |
Type | Seaplane tender |
Class | Curtiss |
Pennant | AV 4 |
Built by | New York Shipbuilding Corp. (Camden, New Jersey, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | 25 Apr 1938 |
Launched | 20 Apr 1940 |
Commissioned | 15 Nov 1940 |
End service | 24 Sep 1957 |
History | Decommissioned on 24 September 1957 |
Commands listed for USS Curtiss (AV 4)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Cdr. Samuel Paul Ginder, Sr., USN | 15 Nov 1940 | 22 Nov 1941 (1) |
2 | Henry Samuel Kendall, USN | 22 Nov 1941 | 26 Apr 1942 |
3 | Cdr. Maurice Eugene Browder, USN | 26 Apr 1942 | 3 Dec 1942 |
4 | T/Capt. Wilson Patterson Cogswell, USN | 3 Dec 1942 | 15 Oct 1943 |
5 | T/Capt. Scott Ernest Peck, USN | 15 Oct 1943 | 21 Jun 1945 |
6 | T/Capt. Henry Carpenter Doan, USN | 21 Jun 1945 | 12 Jun 1946 |
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