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NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive

Contributed by Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.

AVP-40 Floyds Bay

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Yankee - Victor - Foxtrot NYVF

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1)
Second Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal
Third Row - Korean Service Medal (1) - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)

Barnegat Class Small Seaplane Tender:

Laid down, 16 May 1944, at Lake Washington Shipyards, Houghton, WA.

Launched, 28 January 1945

Commissioned, USS Floyds Bay (AVP-40), 26 March 1945, CDR. J. R. Ogden in command

During World War II Floyds Bay was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:

3d Fleet operations against Japan, 28 July to 13 August 1945

Following World War II Floyds Bay performed occupation duty in the Far East including China service

During the Korean War participated in the following campaign:

Korean Defense Summer-Fall 1952, 29 October to 4 November 1952

Decommissioned, 26 February 1960, at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA.

Struck from the Naval Register, 1 March 1960

Final Disposition, sold 20 July 1960, fate unknown

Floyd Bay received one battle star for World War II service and one battle star for Korean War service

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

Size	Image Description	Contributed By / Source
96k	Floyds Bay (AVP-40), being launched at Lake Washington Shipyards, Houghton, WA., 28 January 1945. US National Archives photo # 19-N-84927 a US Navy photo from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the US National Archives.	US Naval Historical Center
85k	Floyds Bay (AVP-40) off Lake Washington Shipyards, Houghton, WA., 22 March 1945. Her camouflage is Measure 33 Design 1F. US National Archives photo # 19-N-86695 a US Navy photo from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the US National Archives.	US Naval Historical Center
79k	Floyds Bay (AVP-40) off Lake Washington Shipyards, Houghton, WA., 22 March 1945. Her camouflage is Measure 33 Design 1F. US National Archives photo # 19-N-86696 a US Navy photo from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the US National Archives.	US Naval Historical Center
87k	Floyds Bay (AVP-40) off Lake Washington Shipyards, Houghton, WA., 22 March 1945. Her camouflage is Measure 33 Design 1F. US National Archives photo # 19-N-86697 a US Navy photo from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the US National Archives.	US Naval Historical Center
41k	Floyds Bay (AVP-40)underway, date and location unknown. She lost her 5"/38 gun around 1956. US Navy photo.	Haze Gray & Underway
1398k	Floyds Bay (AVP-40) underway in July 1979. Note the quadruple 40mm AA gun mount on the fantail which was added circa 1948 and removed circa 1956. US Navy photo # NH 1043003 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.	Robert Hurst and David Buell

View the Floyds Bay (AVP-40)
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

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Last Updated 11 January 2008