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AVP-54 Timbalier

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Charlie - Oscar - Mike

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

National Defense Service Medal

Barnegat Class Small Seaplane Tender:

Laid down, 9 September 1942, at Lake Washington Shipyards, Houghton, WA.

Launched, 18 April 1943

Completed at Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, WA.

Commissioned, USS Timbalier (AVP-54), 24 May 1946, CAPT. James E. Johnson in command

Decommissioned, 18 August 1954

Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet

Struck from the Naval Register, 1 May 1960

Sold to Panagiotis Kikkinos, Piraeus, Greece, placed into commercial service as the Greek cruise ship MV Rodos, 20 December 1960

Final Disposition scrapped at Eleusis Greece in 1989

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

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By / Source
USS Timbalier AVP-54
	104k	Timbalier (AVP-54) launching, 18 April 1943, at Lake Washington Shipyards, Houghton, WA. US National Archives photo # 19-N-47206-A, a US Navy photo from the Bureau of Ships Collection, now in the collections of the US National Archives.	US Naval Historical Center
	103k	Timbalier (AVP-54) nearest pier 6-A and inboard of Valcour (AVP-55) at Bremerton Navy Yard, 10 January 1945. The two AVPs were built at Lake Washington Shipyards, Houghton, WA. and towed to the Navy Yard for completion. *Timbalier* was eventually towed back to the Lake Washington Shipyards and completed there while *Valcour* was completed at Bremerton Navy Yard. The photo is taken from the flight deck of Ticonderoga (CVA-14). That ship was having 20mm galleries relocated from the aft end of the flight deck to the sides. Bremerton Navy Yard photo # 96-45	Tracy White
	100k	Aerial view of Timbalier (AVP-54) nearest pier 6-A and inboard of Valcour (AVP-55) at Bremerton Navy Yard, 10 January 1945. The two AVPs were built at Lake Washington Shipyards, Houghton, WA. and towed to the Navy Yard for completion. *Timbalier* was eventually towed back to the Lake Washington Shipyards and completed there. Bremerton Navy Yard photo # 97-45	Tracy White
	67k	Timbalier (AVP-54) in Puget Sound, 22 May 1946, two days before commissioning. Probably photographed by Todd Pacific Shipyards, Inc. US National Archives photo # 19-N-116680, a US Navy photo from the Bureau of Ships Collections, now in the collections of the US National Archives.	US Naval Historical Center
	100k	Timbalier (AVP-54) tending two Martin PBM-3D Mariner seaplanes soon after World War II. The quadruple 40mm gun mount on the fantail was added in around 1948. US National Archives photo # 80-G-483681, a US Navy photo, now in the collections of the US National Archives.	US Naval Historical Center
	78k	Timbalier (AVP-54) underway, circa 1946, location unknown.	Haze Gray & Underway
	65k	Timbalier (AVP-54) moored to a buoy in 1946, location unknown. The masts, boom, and stack of another ship are visible just behind her. US Navy photo # NH 98808 for the collections of the US Naval Historical Center	Robert Hurst
Commercial Service
	60k	ex-Timbalier (AVP-54) in Greek service as MV Rodos laid up at Piraeus, Greece, May 1981.	Photo by Gerhard Mueller-Debus

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