Currituck-class seaplane tender

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USS Salisbury Sound (AV-13) at San Diego Bay, ca. 1957
Class overview
Name	Currituck class
Operators	United States Navy
Built	1942–1944
In commission	1943–1987
Completed	4
General characteristics
Type	Seaplane tender
Displacement	14,000 tons (full load)
Length	540 ft 5 in (164.72 m)
Beam	69 ft 3 in (21.11 m)
Draft	22 ft 3 in (6.78 m)
Propulsion	Steam turbines 4 × boilers 2 × shafts 12,000 shp (8,900 kW)
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement	1,247 (Norton Sound & Currituck) 684 (Salisbury Sound & Pine Island)
Armament	4 × 5"/38 DP guns 3 × quad 40 mm guns 4 × dual 40 mm guns 20 × 20 mm guns

The Currituck-class seaplane tenders were four ships built for the United States Navy during World War II. The role of a seaplane tender was to provide base facilities for squadrons of seaplanes in a similar way that an aircraft carrier does for its squadrons. While three members of the class were removed from active service in the 1960s, Norton Sound was modified to serve as a testbed for advanced radar and combat management systems, such as the Aegis Combat System.

The four ships of the class were:

• USS Currituck (AV-7)
• USS Norton Sound (AV-11)
• USS Pine Island (AV-12)
• USS Salisbury Sound (AV-13)

The ships were named for features on the United States coast.

See also[]

• List of ship classes of the Second World War

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