USS Half Moon (AVP-26)
USS Half Moon (AVP-26) was a seaplane tender that in commission in the United States Navy from 1943 to 1946 that saw service in the latter half of World War II. After the war, she was in commission in the United States Coast Guard as the cutter USCGC Half Moon (WAVP-378), later WHEC-378, from 1948 to 1969, seeing service in the Vietnam War during her Coast Guard career.
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USS Half Moon (AVP-26)
USS Half Moon (AVP-26) was a seaplane tender that in commission in the United States Navy from 1943 to 1946 that saw service in the latter half of World War II. After the war, she was in commission in the United States Coast Guard as the cutter USCGC Half Moon (WAVP-378), later WHEC-378, from 1948 to 1969, seeing service in the Vietnam War during her Coast Guard career.
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date of acquirement
1948-07-30
1966-09-26
commissioning date
1943-06-15
1948-09-14
decommissioning date
1946-09-04
1969-07-15
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1942-03-10
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1.24968e+1
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1942-07-12
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*Loaned toU.S. Coast Guard30 July 1948
*Permanently transferred to Coast Guard 26 September 1966
Sold for scrapping 29 April 1970
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Ship aircraft facilities
Supplies, spare parts, repairs, and berthing for one seaplane squadron; aviation fuel
Ship armament
*2 × 5-inch guns
*4 × quad 20-millimeter antiaircraft guns
*2 × depth charge tracks
*In 1967: 1 x single 5-inch 3 ...... 81-mm mortars
*2 × .50-caliber
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Ship displacement
*1,766 tons
*2,750 tons
Ship honors
Two battle stars for her World War II service
Ship namesake
Half Moon Bay, on the coast of California south of San Francisco
Previous name retained
Ship propulsion
Diesel engines, two shafts
Fairbanks-Morse geared diesel engines, , Model 38RD8-1/8 O.P.; two shafts; of fuel
Ship range
* at in 1967
* at in 1967
Ship reclassified
Ship sensors
*Radars in 1967 : AN/SPS-23; AN-SPS-29B; AN-SPA-66; AN-SPA-52
*Sonar in 1967: SQS-1
Ship sponsor
Mrs. T. A. Gray
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USS Half Moon (AVP-26) was a s ...... during her Coast Guard career.
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USS Half Moon (AVP-26)
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USS Half Moon (AVP-26)
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