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Naval Historical Center # NH 55535
| Tonnage | 13,880 tons standard |
| Dimensions | 527'4" by 69'3" by 22' 160.73m by 21.11m by 6.71m |
| Maximum speed | 20 knots |
| Complement | 1195 |
| Armament | 4 5"/38
dual-purpose guns 10x1 0.50 Browning machine guns |
| Machinery |
2-shaft geared turbine (12,000
shp) 4 Babcock & Wilcox boilers |
| Bunkerage |
1600 tons fuel oil 267,030 gallons aviation gasoline |
| Sensors | CXAM1 air search radar |
| Modifications |
1942-1943: 0.50 machine guns replaced with 2x4 40mm
Bofors AA
guns,
12x1 20mm
Oerlikon AA guns 1944-1945: Added two more quad 40mm mounts |
The Curtisses
were built for the Navy in 1940 as seaplane tenders. The ships had a
large deck area aft of the superstructure, and the rear of the
superstructure was a large hangar. They were equipped with a pair of
massive cranes for raising flying boats to the deck for repairs.
Curtiss herself was
badly damaged at Pearl
Harbor by a crippled "Val" that crashed into the ship and by a bomb hit, and she was barely missed by a torpedo from a midget submarine. However, the ship was back in
service by early January. She survived the war and remained in service until 1957.
| Curtiss | Pearl Harbor |
| Albemarle |
Arrived 1942-9 |
References
Gogin (2010; accessed 2012-2-23)
NavSource.org
(accessed 2009-12-25)
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