USS Chincoteague (AVP-24)
USS Chincoteague (AVP-24) was a United States Navy seaplane tender in commission from 1943 to 1946 that saw service in the Pacific during World War II. After the war, she was in commission in the United States Coast Guard as the cutter USCGC Chincoteague (WAVP-375), later WHEC-375, from 1949 to 1972. She was transferred to South Vietnam in 1972 and was commissioned into service with the Republic of Vietnam Navy as the frigate RVNS Lý Thường Kiệt (HQ-16), seeing combat in the Battle of the Paracel Islands in 1974. When South Vietnam collapsed at the conclusion of the Vietnam War in 1975, she fled to the Philippines, where she was commissioned into the Philippine Navy, serving as the frigate RPS (later BRP) Andrés Bonifacio (PF-7) from 1976 to 1985.
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USS Chincoteague (AVP-24)
USS Chincoteague (AVP-24) was a United States Navy seaplane tender in commission from 1943 to 1946 that saw service in the Pacific during World War II. After the war, she was in commission in the United States Coast Guard as the cutter USCGC Chincoteague (WAVP-375), later WHEC-375, from 1949 to 1972. She was transferred to South Vietnam in 1972 and was commissioned into service with the Republic of Vietnam Navy as the frigate RVNS Lý Thường Kiệt (HQ-16), seeing combat in the Battle of the Paracel Islands in 1974. When South Vietnam collapsed at the conclusion of the Vietnam War in 1975, she fled to the Philippines, where she was commissioned into the Philippine Navy, serving as the frigate RPS (later BRP) Andrés Bonifacio (PF-7) from 1976 to 1985.
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USS Chincoteague (AVP-24) was ...... acio (PF-7) from 1976 to 1985.
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date of acquirement
1949-03-07
1966-09-26
1972-06-21
1976-04-05
commissioning date
1943-04-12
1949-03-07
1976-07-27
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decommissioning date
1946-12-21
1972-06-21
laying down
1941-07-23
length (μ)
9.499092e+1
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ship beam (μ)
1.24968e+1
1.2551664e+1
ship draft (μ)
ship launched
1942-04-15
status
*Fled to Philippines on collapse ofSouth VietnamApril 1975
*Formally transferred toRepublic of the Philippines5 April 1976
*Loaned toUnited States Coast Guard7 March 1949
*Transferred outright to Coast Guard 26 September 1966
Sold for scrapping 2003
Transferred to U.S. Navy 21 June 1972
Transferred toSouth Vietnam21 June 1972
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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-inch/38-caliber ...... chine guns
*2 × 81 mm Mortars
*3 × 5-inch guns
*8 × 40-mill ...... guns
*2 × depth charge tracks
In 1965: one single 5-inch 38 ...... x Mark 32 Mod 2 torpedo tubes
Ship complement
Ship country
Ship decommissioned
Ship displacement
*1,766 tons
*2,800 tons
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Ship honors
Six battle stars for World War II service
Ship namesake
Andrés Bonifacio y de Castro , ...... onal heroes of the Philippines
Chincoteague Bay, on the coast of Maryland and Virginia
Lý Thường Kiệt , a Lý Dynasty general famed for repelling a Chinese invasion in 1075
Previous name retained
Ship propulsion
Diesel engines, two shafts
Fairbanks-Morse direct-reversing diesel engines, two shafts; of fuel
Ship range
* at in 1965
* at in 1965
Ship reclassified
Ship renamed
BRP Andrés Bonifacio June 1980
Ship sensors
*Radars in 1965 : AN-SPS-23, AN-SPS-29D
*Sonar in 1965: AN-SQS-1
*Sperry AN/SPS-53 Surface Sear ...... stem
*Mk.52 Mod.3 Gun Director
Ship speed
approximately 18 knots
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USS Chincoteague (AVP-24) was ...... acio (PF-7) from 1976 to 1985.
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USS Chincoteague (AVP-24)
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RPS Andrés Bonifacio (PF-7)
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RVNS Lý Thường Kiệt (HQ-16)
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USCGC Chincoteague (WAVP-375)
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USS Chincoteague (AVP-24)
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