Currituck-class seaplane tender

Class overview
USS Salisbury Sound (AV-13) at San Diego Bay, ca. 1957
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.

The four ships of the class were:

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

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Currituck-class seaplane tenders

Currituck Norton Sound Pine Island Salisbury Sound

Preceded by: USS Patoka Followed by: Kenneth Whiting class

List of auxiliaries of the United States Navy

Seaplane tenders of the United States Navy

Completed	Wright Jason Langley Curtiss Albemarle Patoka Currituck Tangier Pocomoke Chandeleur Norton Sound Pine Island Salisbury Sound Kenneth Whiting Hamlin St. George Cumberland Sound

Cancelled	Townsend Calibogue Hobe Sound Ashland

List of auxiliaries of the United States Navy

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