Navy | The US Navy |
Type | Seaplane tender |
Class | Barnegat |
Pennant | AVP 11 |
Built by | Puget Sound Navy Yard (Bremerton, Washington, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | 1 Sep 1938 |
Laid down | 27 Oct 1939 |
Launched | 23 May 1941 |
Commissioned | 3 Jul 1941 |
End service | 29 Jun 1946 |
History | Reclassified and converted to an amphibious force command ship at Mers-el-Kebir, Morocco and redesignated (AGC-18) on 10 October 1944 |
Commands listed for USS Biscayne (AVP 11)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Cdr. Carleton Cole Champion, Jr., USN | 3 Jul 1941 | Oct 1942 (1) |
2 | Lcmdr Robert Cumming Young, USN | Oct 1942 | 26 Aug 1943 |
3 | Edward Herman Eckelmeyer, Jr., USN | 26 Aug 1943 | Sep 1944 |
4 | Richard H Bates, USNR | Sep 1944 | 4 Aug 1945 |
5 | Charles Maurice Ryan, USN | 4 Aug 1945 |
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