USS Half Moon (AVP 26)

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Seaplane tender
Class	Barnegat
Pennant	AVP 26
Built by	Lake Washington Shipyards (Houghton, Washington, U.S.A.)
Ordered	6 Dec 1940
Laid down	10 Mar 1942
Launched	12 Jul 1942
Commissioned	16 Jun 1943
End service	4 Sep 1946
History	Decommissioned on 4 September 1946 Loaned to the United States Coast Guard and commissioned, as USCGC Half Moon (WAVP-378) on 30 July 1948 Redesignated high endurance cutter (WMEC-378) on 1 May 1966 Decommissioned on 15 July 1969 Sold to be broken up for scrap

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	Commander	From	To
1	T/Cdr. William Onahan Gallery, USN	15 Jun 1943	16 Jun 1944 (1)
2	T/Cdr. Jack Irving Bandy, USN	16 Jun 1944

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