USS Bering Strait (AVP-34)
USS Bering Strait (AVP-34) was a United States Navy Barnegat-class small seaplane tender in commission from 1944 to 1946. She tended seaplanes during World War II in the Pacific in combat areas and earned three battle stars by war’s end.
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USS Bering Strait (AVP-34)
USS Bering Strait (AVP-34) was a United States Navy Barnegat-class small seaplane tender in commission from 1944 to 1946. She tended seaplanes during World War II in the Pacific in combat areas and earned three battle stars by war’s end.
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USS Bering Strait (AVP-34) was ...... ang (PF-14) from 1987 to 1990.
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date of acquirement
1948-09-14
1966-09-26
1971-01-01
1976-04-05
commissioning date
1944-07-19
1948-12-14
decommissioning date
1946-06-21
1971-01-01
laying down
1943-06-06
length (μ)
9.47928e+1
9.499092e+1
power type
ship beam (μ)
1.24968e+1
1.2551664e+1
ship draft (μ)
4.163568e+0
ship launched
1944-01-15
status
*Fled to Philippines on collapse ofSouth VietnamApril 1975
*Formally sold toRepublic of the Philippines5 April 1976
*Loaned toU.S. Coast Guard14 September 1948
*Permanently transferred to Coast Guard 26 September 1966
Discarded July 1990; probably scrapped
Transferred toSouth Vietnam1 January 1971
top speed (kmh)
3.20396e+1
3.37064e+1
3.44472e+1
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Ship aircraft
None permanently assigned; helipad could accommodate one MBB Bo 105 Helicopter
Ship aircraft facilities
Helipad; no support capability
Supplies, spare parts, repairs, and berthing for one seaplane squadron; aviation fuel
Ship armament
*1 × 5-inch/38-caliber dual-p ...... me ships
*Several machine guns
*1 × Mk.12 5"/38 caliber gun ...... achine guns
*2 × 81 mm Mortars
*1 × single 5-inch 38-caliber ...... ounts
*2 × depth charge tracks
In 1966: 1 x single 5-inch 38 ...... control radar; 2 x .50-caliber
Ship commissioned
Ship complement
Ship decommissioned
Ship displacement
*1,766 tons
*2,750 tons
*1,766 tons
*2,800 tons
Ship honors
Three battle stars for World War II service
Ship namesake
Filipino revolutionary Diego Silang y Andaya
Previous name retained
The Bering Strait, connecting the Arctic Ocean and Bering Sea
Trần Quang Khải , a Trần Dynasty general
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 recommissioned
as BRP Diego Silang 1987
Ship sensors
*Sperry SPS-53 Surface Search ...... stem
*Mk.52 Mod.3 Gun Director
Radars in 1966 : AN/SPA-4A; AN ...... SPS-29B; AN/UPA-24A; AN/UPX-1A
Ship speed
approximately 18 knots
Ship sponsor
Mrs. George F. Cornwall
Ship struck
1966-09-26
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USS Bering Strait (AVP-34) was ...... ree battle stars by war’s end.
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USS Bering Strait (AVP-34)
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BRP Diego Silang (PF-9)
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RVNS Trần Quang Khải (HQ-02)
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USCGC Bering Strait (WAVP-382)
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USS Bering Strait
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