USS Orca (AVP-49)
The second USS Orca (AVP-49) was a United States Navy seaplane tender in commission from 1944 to 1947 and from 1951 to 1960. She saw service during the latter stages of World War II and during the Cold War. In 1962 she was loaned to Ethiopia, where she served in the Ethiopian Navy as the training ship Ethiopia (A-01) until 1991. She was the Ethiopian Navy's largest ship until she was sold for scrapping in 1993.
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USS Orca (AVP-49)
The second USS Orca (AVP-49) was a United States Navy seaplane tender in commission from 1944 to 1947 and from 1951 to 1960. She saw service during the latter stages of World War II and during the Cold War. In 1962 she was loaned to Ethiopia, where she served in the Ethiopian Navy as the training ship Ethiopia (A-01) until 1991. She was the Ethiopian Navy's largest ship until she was sold for scrapping in 1993.
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1944-01-23
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1947-10-31
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1942-07-13
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1951-12-15
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1.24968e+1
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1942-10-04
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*Fled toYemenMay 1991; hulked there
*Loaned toEthiopiaJanuary 1962
*Sold for scrapping 1993
*Sold to Ethiopia March 1976
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3.37064e+1
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Ship acquired
*January 1962 on loan
*March 1976 by outright sale
Ship aircraft facilities
Supplies, spare parts, repairs, and berthing for one seaplane squadron; aviation fuel
Ship armament
*1 × 127-millimeter 38-calibe ...... limeter antiaircraft gun mount
*3 × 5-inch 38-caliber guns
* ...... guns
*2 × depth charge tracks
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Ship displacement
*1,766 tons
*2,592 tons
*1,766 tons
*2,800 tons
Ship honors
*Three battle stars for World ...... epartment for fiscal year 1956
Ship namesake
Orca Bay in Alaska
The country of Ethiopia
Ship propulsion
Diesel engine, two shafts
Two Fairbanks-Morse 38D 8 1/8-10 diesel engines, two shafts
Ship sensors
*RCA SPS-12 air search radar
* ...... 26 I/J-band fire control radar
Ship sponsor
Mrs. J. W. Reeves, Jr.
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Ethiopia (A-01)
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