The small seaplane tenders saw wide use as aviation support ships during and after the Second World War. Sixteen of these were cancelled in late 1942 and in 1943, but the remaining twenty-eight were completed 1943-46, four of them as motor torpedo boat tenders (AGP 6-9). The Navy's great expansion of 1940-41 generated a program to built another forty-four Barnegat class AVPs, nine authorized in June 1940 (AVPs 23-32) and thirty-five in December 1941, just after the United States formally entered the fighting (AVPs 33-67). These ex-destroyers were all again reclassified in August 1940, becoming Seaplane Tenders (Destroyer), or AVD. At about the same time, in 19, seven World War I era "flush-deck & four-pipe" destroyers were reclassified as small seaplane tenders, numbered AVP 14-20, and converted to fit them for the mission. These became AVPs 10-13 and 21-23, completed in 1941-43, the first of the ultimately very large Barnegat class. The type proved useful, particularly in the light of a Pacific Ocean strategy that required widely-deployed seaplane detachments to search for enemy naval forces, and in 1938 construction of seven newly-designed small seaplane tenders was authorized. They retained their AM series hull numbers for many years, but in January 1936 nine "Bird-Boats" were redesignated Small Seaplane Tenders and given new hull numbers ranging from AVP-1 through AVP-9. NAVY SHIPS - Listed by Hull Number AVP - Small Seaplane Tenders.ĭuring the 1920s, several World War I "Bird" type minesweepers (AM) were assigned the mission of caring for the Navy's numerous seaplanes. ReturnĭEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY - NAVAL HISTORY AND HERITAGE COMMANDĨ05 KIDDER BREESE SE - WASHINGTON NAVY YARD Return to Naval History and Heritage Command home page. USN Ships - by Hull Number: AVP - Small Seaplane Tenders
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