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AVC-1

AVC-1 Class Catapult Light:
  • Laid down, 19 February 1940, at the Philadelphia Navy Yard
  • Launched, 17 August 1940
  • Placed in service as AVC-1, 17 December 1941 at Philadelphia Navy Yard
  • Placed in service in reserve, 16 December 1944
  • Placed in commission in reserve, 3 March 1945
  • Decommissioned and placed in service, 13 August 1947
  • Placed out of service in reserve, 8 December 1949
  • Final Disposition, struck from the Naval Register and sold for scrapping to Boston Metals Co., Baltimore, MD, 24 April 1956
    Specifications:
    Displacement 2,275 t.(lt), 5,861 t.(fl)
    Length 423' 10"
    Beam 57
    Draft 9.9'
    Complement
    1 officer
    40 enlisted
    Armament none
    Machinery
    Ships Service Generators
    two Diesel-drive 200Kw 450V A.C.
    two Diesel-drive 500Kw 450V A.C.
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    AVC-1 99k AVC-1 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, 4 January 1941, while the catapult was being installed. This stern view shows part of the ramp up which the Martin XPBM-2 Mariner was raised before being placed on the catapult.. The ships in reserve on the right are USSMaumee (AO-2) and USS Bridgeport (AD-10), which the Navy decided not to return to service in World War II. Bridgeport would serve during World War II as the US Army hospital ship USAHS Larkspur and later as the US Army transport USAT Bridgeport.
    US National Archives Photo from RG-19-LCM.    		 Robert Hurst
    AVC-1 61k AVC-1 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, 9 January 1941, about a week before being placed in service.
    US National Archives Photo from RG-19-LCM.    		 Robert Hurst
    AVC-1 40k AVC-1 on 2 June 1942 with the Martin XPBM-2 Mariner (Bu.Aer. # 1247) at release point from the launching car of the XH-111 catapult. This aircraft was a Martin PBM-1 Mariner modified for long-range operations with additional fuel tanks and a reinforced airframe to permit catapult launching. Only the prototype was built, and after catapult trials it served as a static test article at Philadelphia until stricken in June 1944.
    US Navy photo # NH 94608 from the collections of the US Navy History and Heritage Command.    		 Robert Hurst
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