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Ships

No	Name	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comm	Fate
AV14	Kenneth Whiting	50	Todd, Tacoma	19.6.1943	15.12.1943	8.5.1944	stricken 7.1961
AV15	Hamlin	51	Todd, Tacoma	19.7.1943	11.1.1944	26.6.1944	stricken 7.1963
AV16	St. George	52	Todd, Tacoma	4.8.1943	14.2.1944	24.7.1944	stricken 7.1963
AV17	Cumberland Sound	53	Todd, Tacoma	25.8.1943	11.1.1944	21.8.1944	stricken 7.1961
AV18	Townsend	54	Todd, Tacoma	1944	---	---	cancelled 8.1945
AV19	Calibogue		Puget Sound N Yd	1944	---	---	cancelled 10.1944
AV20	Hobe Sound		Charleston N Yd	1944	---	---	cancelled 10.1944

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	10500
Displacement full, t	12610
Length, m	150.0
Breadth, m	21.2
Draught, m	7.24 full load
No of shafts	1
Machinery	geared steam turbines, 2 boilers
Power, h. p.	8500
Max speed, kts	16.5
Fuel, t	AV14-17: oil 1556 AV19: oil 1309
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	2 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 12, 2 x 4 - 40/56 Mk 1.2, 2 x 2 - 40/56 Mk 1.2, 16 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 24 seaplanes (SOC/SON, SO3C, OS2U/OS2N)
Electronic equipment	presumably SG, SK, Mk 26 radars
Complement	1077

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Aircraft facilities

Aircraft fuel stowage was 1 180 900 l. There was 1 heavy crane for handling seaplanes.

Project history

In 1941 Navy ordered some more seaplane tenders in standard C3-S type cargo hulls. They were purchased by Navy already after launching and converted while outfitted afloat. The aviation deck for seaplane maintenance was arranged aft from superstructure and raised one level over a cargo deck. The crane for aircraft handling was placed on stern. Cargo holds were arranged for storage of various aviation equipment and aviation fuel.

Seven ships of Kenneth Whiting class were built in modified C3-S-A1 type dry cargo carrier hulls.

Modernizations

None.

1.1946: 2 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 2 x 4 - 40/560 Mk 2, 2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 16 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 24 seaplanes, presumably SG, SK, Mk 26 radars

Naval service

: No significant events.