Allied Warships

USS Hamlin (AV 15)

Seaplane tender of the Kenneth Whiting class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeSeaplane tender
ClassKenneth Whiting 
PennantAV 15 
Built byTodd-Pacific Shipyards, Inc. (Tacoma, Washington, U.S.A.) 
Ordered9 Sep 1942 
Laid down19 Jul 1943 
Launched11 Jan 1944 
Commissioned26 Jun 1944 
End service18 Jan 1947 
History

Decommissioned on 18 January 1947
Stricken on 1 July 1963
Sold to be broken up for scrap

 

Commands listed for USS Hamlin (AV 15)

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1T/Capt. Gordon Alexander McLean, USN26 Jun 1944 (1)

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