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USS Unimak (AVP-31)
USCGC Unimak (WAVP-379 / WHEC-379 / WTR-379)

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Bravo - Victor - Golf
 NBVG
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

USS Unimak (AVP-31 was transferred to the US Coast Guard after World War II
Barnegat Class Small Seaplane Tender:
  • Laid down, 15 February 1941, at Associated Ship Builders Inc., Seattle, WA.
  • Launched, 27 May 1942
  • Commissioned, USS Unimak (AVP-31), 31 December 1943, CDR. Hilfort C. Owen in command
  • Decommissioned, 25 January 1946
  • Loaned to the US Coast Guard, 14 September 1948
  • Commissioned USCGC Unimak (WAVP-379)
  • Redesignated (WHEC-379), 1 May 1966
  • Redesignated (WTR-379), 28 November 1969
  • Decommissioned, 29 May 1975
  • Recommissioned as (WHEC-379) in 1977
  • Decommissioned, 29 April 1988, and returned to the US Navy for disposal
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Final disposition (date unknown) scuttled as part of an artificial reef
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,766 t.(lt) 2,750 t.(fl)
    Length 311' 8"
    Beam 41' 1"
    Draft 13' 6"
    Speed 18.6 kts.
    Complement 215
    Armament
    one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount
    one quad 40mm AA gun mount
    two dual 40mm AA gun mounts
    four dual 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion diesel, two shafts, 6,000hp
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    USS Unimak (AVP-31)
    Unimak 87k USS Unimak (AVP-31) being christened at Associated Ship Builders Inc. Seattle, WA., 29 May 1942. The sponsor was Mrs. H. B. Berry.
    US Navy National Archives photo # 19-N-58542 a US Navy photo from the Bureau of Ships Collection now in the collections of the US National Archives    		 Bill Gonyo
    Unimak 93k USS Unimak (AVP-31) at Seattle, WA., 31 January 1944. Unimak is painted camouflage scheme/measure 32/5D in this photo.
    US Navy National Archives photo # 19-N-61152 a US Navy photo from the Bureau of Ships Collection now in the collections of the US National Archives    		 US Naval Historical Center
    USCGC Unimak (WAVP-379 / WHEC-379 / WTR-379)
    Unimak 29k USCGC Unimak (WAVP-379) underway, date and location unknown.
    USCG photo         		Ken Laesser, CG History Page
    Unimak 106k USCGC Unimak (WHEC-379) underway, date and location unknown.
    USCG photo    		 Ken Laesser, CG History Page
    Unimak 82k USCGC Unimak (WHEC-379) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Coast Guard photo.    		 Hazegray & Underway Web Site
    Unimak 40k USCGC Unimak (WHEC-379) underway, 8 June 1987.
    US Coast Guard photo from the Office of the Coast Guard Historian.    		 Mike Green
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office - Unimak
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