Navy | The US Navy |
Type | Seaplane tender |
Class | Curtiss |
Pennant | AV 5 |
Built by | New York Shipbuilding Corp. (Camden, New Jersey, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | 14 Oct 1938 |
Laid down | 20 Jun 1939 |
Launched | 13 Jul 1940 |
Commissioned | 20 Dec 1940 |
End service | 1973 |
History | Decommissioned on 14 August 1950 |
Commands listed for USS Albemarle (AV 5)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Cdr. Henry Maston Mullinnix, USN | 20 Dec 1940 | 4 Mar 1941 (1) |
2 | Cdr. Harold Bushnell Sallada, USN | 4 Mar 1941 | 8 Apr 1942 |
3 | Cdr. Harold Letcher Meadow, USN | 8 Apr 1942 | 6 Oct 1942 |
4 | T/Capt. Irving Day Wiltsie, USN | 6 Oct 1942 | 12 Jun 1943 |
5 | T/Capt. Donald Edmund Wilcox, USN | 12 Jun 1943 | 26 Feb 1944 |
6 | T/Capt. Donald Lewis Mills, USN | 26 Feb 1944 | 11 May 1945 |
7 | T/Capt. Christian Harold DuBorg, USN | 11 May 1945 |
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