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USS Floyds Bay (AVP-40)

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 USS Floyds Bay was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:

Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
3d Fleet operations against Japan, 10 to 25 July 1945

USS Floyds Bay was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal

China Service Medal (extended)


2 September 1945 to 1 December 1946	2 September 1945 to 1 December 1946
5 August to 1 September 1947	5 August to 1 September 1947
26 May to 26 June 1949	6 August 1947 to 19 March 1948
	12 April to 24 May 1949
	28 June to 20 September 1949
	16 October to 26 December 1950
	6 January to 16 May 1951
	7 November to 1 December 1954
	28 December 1954 to 29 January 1955
	18 December 1955 to 16 January 1956
	29 February to 7 May 1956

During the Korean War USS Floyds Bay participated in the following campaign:

Campaign and Dates
Korean War 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

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

Final Disposition, sold 20 July 1960, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 1,766 t.(lt) 2,800 t.(fl)
Length 310'
Beam 41' 2"
Draft 13' 6" (limiting)
Speed 18.2 kts. (trial)

Complement

Officers 14

Enlisted 201

Aviation Unit Accommodations

Officers 59

Enlisted 93

Largest Boom Capacity 10 t.

Armament

one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount

one quad 40mm AA gun mount

two twin 40mm AA gun mounts

four twin 20mm AA gun mounts

Fuel Capacities

Diesel 1,955 Bbls.

Gasoline 84,340 Gals.

Propulsion

four Fairbanks Morse 38D8 1/8 Diesel engines

single Fairbanks Morse Main Reduction Gear

Ships Service Generators

two diesel-drive 100Kw 450V A.C.

two diesel-drive 200Kw 450V A.C.

two propellers, 6,080shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By / Source
09434008	152k	*Namesake* Floyds Bay - is a bay on the coast of Virginia, renamed Burtons Bay. Photo Burtons Shore, Burtons Bay, Seaside Eastern Shore Virginia. Just inside the barrier islands of the Atlantic Ocean. Map - Map of Burtons Bay area Eastern Shore Virginia	Tommy Trampp
	96k	*USS 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 History and Heritage Command
	85k	*USS 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 History and Heritage Command
	79k	*USS 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 History and Heritage Command
	87k	*USS 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 History and Heritage Command
	41k	*USS Floyds Bay* (AVP-40)** underway, date and location unknown.. US Navy photo.	Haze Gray & Underway
09434010	380k	Overhead view of *USS Floyds Bay* (AVP-40)** underway in San Francisco Bay, circa 1950s. Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum	Darryl Baker
	1398k	*USS Floyds Bay* (AVP-40)** underway, date and location unknown. 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 History and Heritage Command .	Robert Hurst and David Buell
09434009	116k	*USS Floyds Bay* (AVP-40)** underway in 1958. U.S. Navy "All Hands" magazine July 1958, p. 51.	Robert Hurst

USS Floyds Bay (AVP-40)
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	CDR. Ogden, James Robinson	23 March 1945 - April 1946
02	CDR. Kohr, George Lester	April 1946 - September 1947
06	CAPT. Moffett Jr., William Adger :RADM	1950 - 1951
08	CDR. Gannon, John Wendell :RADM	June 1952 - June 1953
09	CAPT. Short Jr., William Byfield	June 1953 - June 1954
10	CDR. Van Evera, John Rynier	June 1954 - 1955
12	CAPT. Harmer, Richard Emerson	July 1957 - June 1958
13	CAPT. Hartmann, Paul Ellsworth :RADM	June 1958 - May 1959
14	CAPT. Gay Jr., Donald :RADM	May 1959 - 26 February 1960


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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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