USS Absecon (AVP-23)
The second USS Absecon (AVP-23) was a United States Navy Barnegat-class seaplane tender in commission from 1943 to 1947, converted during construction to serve as a catapult training ship during World War II. The ship was in commission in the United States Coast Guard as the cutter USCGC Absecon (WAVP-374), later WHEC-374, from 1949 to 1972. Transferred to South Vietnam in 1972, she served in the Republic of Vietnam Navy as the frigate RVNS Pham Ngu Lao (HQ-15) until she was captured by North Vietnam at the conclusion of the Vietnam War in 1975. After that, she served in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam's Vietnamese People's Navy as PRVSN Pham Ngu Lao (HQ-01).
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USS Absecon (AVP-23)
The second USS Absecon (AVP-23) was a United States Navy Barnegat-class seaplane tender in commission from 1943 to 1947, converted during construction to serve as a catapult training ship during World War II. The ship was in commission in the United States Coast Guard as the cutter USCGC Absecon (WAVP-374), later WHEC-374, from 1949 to 1972. Transferred to South Vietnam in 1972, she served in the Republic of Vietnam Navy as the frigate RVNS Pham Ngu Lao (HQ-15) until she was captured by North Vietnam at the conclusion of the Vietnam War in 1975. After that, she served in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam's Vietnamese People's Navy as PRVSN Pham Ngu Lao (HQ-01).
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The second USS Absecon (AVP-23 ...... as PRVSN Pham Ngu Lao (HQ-01).
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date of acquirement
1949-01-05
1966-09-26
1972-05-09
1972-07-15
commissioning date
1943-01-23
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decommissioning date
1947-03-19
1972-05-09
laying down
1941-07-23
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ship beam (μ)
1.24968e+1
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ship launched
1942-03-08
status
*Loaned toU.S. Coast Guard5 January 1949
*Permanently transferred to Coast Guard 26 September 1966
Transferred to U.S. Navy 9 May 1972
Transferred toSouth Vietnam15 June 1972
Unknown; active into 1990s and ...... ve and probably decommissioned
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3.20396e+1
3.44472e+1
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Ship acquired
Ship aircraft
Up to 3 floatplanes
Ship aircraft facilities
One catapult and aircraft handling cranes
Ship armament
*1 × 5-inch/38-caliber dual-p ...... me ships
*Several machine guns
*2 × single 5-inch 38-caliber ...... guna
*2 × depth charge tracks
*In 1970: one single 5-inch 3 ...... pons had been removed by 1970
Ship captured
By North Vietnam May 1975
Ship commissioned
Ship complement
Ship country
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Ship flag
Ship namesake
Absecon Inlet in New Jersey
Phạm Ngũ Lão, 13th-century Trần Dynasty general
Previous name retained
Ship notes
Converted during construction into a catapult training ship
Ship propulsion
Diesel engines, two shafts
Fairbanks-Morse geared diesel engines, two shafts; of fuel
Ship range
* at in 1966
* at in 1966
Ship reclassified
Ship sensors
*Radars in 1964: SPS-23, SPS-29B
*Sonar in 1964: SQS-1
*Raytheon SPS-21 surface-search radar
*RCA/GE Mark 26 fire-control radar
Ship speed
approximately 18 knots
Ship sponsor
Mrs. Robert L. Moon, Jr.
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The second USS Absecon (AVP-23 ...... as PRVSN Pham Ngu Lao (HQ-01).
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USS Absecon (AVP-23)
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PRVSN Pham Ngu Lao (HQ-01)
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RVNS Pham Ngu Lao (HQ-15)
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USCGC Absecon (WAVP-374)
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USS Absecon (AVP-23)
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