Allied Warships

USS Castle Rock (AVP 35)

Seaplane tender of the Barnegat class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Seaplane tender
Class	Barnegat
Pennant	AVP 35
Built by	Lake Washington Shipyards (Houghton, Washington, U.S.A.)
Ordered	16 Sep 1942
Laid down	12 Jul 1943
Launched	11 Mar 1944
Commissioned	6 Aug 1944
End service	6 Aug 1946
History	Decommissioned on 6 August 1946 Loaned to the United States Coast Guard and commissioned, as USCGC Castle Rock (WAVP-383) on 18 December 1948 Redesignated high endurance cutter (WHEC-383) on 1 May 1966 Decommissioned on 21 December 1971 and transferred to South Vietnam being renamed Tran Vinh Trong (HQ-17) Sold to the Phillippines in April 1976 being renamed Francisco Dagahoy (PF-10) Decommissioned by the Philippine Navy in June 1985

Commands listed for USS Castle Rock (AVP 35)

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	Commander	From	To
1	T/Cdr. George Shearman James, Jr., USN	8 Oct 1944	late 1945 (1)

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Sources

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