USS Floyds Bay

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USS Floyds Bay (AVP-40) underway off Houghton, Washington (USA), on 22 March 1945 (19-N-86696).jpg
USS Floyds Bay (AVP-40) off Houghton, Washington on 22 March 1945.
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US flag 48 stars.svgUnited States
NameUSS Floyds Bay
NamesakeFloyds Bay, since renamed Burtons Bay, on the coast of Virginia
Builder Lake Washington Shipyard, Houghton, Washington
Laid down16 May 1944
Launched28 January 1945
Sponsored byMrs. R. R. McCracken
Commissioned26 March 1945
Decommissioned26 February 1960
Stricken1 March 1960
Honors and
awards
FateSold 20 July 1960
General characteristics
Class and typeUSS Floyds Bay
Type Barnegat-class small seaplane tender
Displacement
  • 1,766 tons (light)
  • 2,750 tons (full load)
Length310 ft 9 in (94.72 m)
Beam41 ft 1 in (12.52 m)
Draught13 ft 6 in (4.11 m)
Installed power6,000 horsepower (4.48 megawatts)
Propulsion Diesel engines, two shafts
Speed18.6 knots (34.4 km/h)
Complement
  • 215 (ship's company)
  • 367 (including aviation unit)
Sensors and
processing systems
Radar; sonar
Armament
Aviation facilitiesSupplies, spare parts, repairs, and berthing for one seaplane squadron; 80,000 US gallons (300,000 L) aviation fuel

USS Floyds Bay (AVP-40) was a United States Navy Barnegat-class small seaplane tender in commission from 1945 to 1960 that saw service in World War II and the Korean War.

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Construction and commissioning

USS Floyds Bay (AVP-40) is launched at Lake Washington Shipyard at Houghton, Washington on 28 January 1945. Launch of USS Floyds Bay (AVP-40) at Lake Washington Shipyard, Houghton, Washington (USA), on 28 January 1945 (19-N-84927).jpg
USS Floyds Bay (AVP-40) is launched at Lake Washington Shipyard at Houghton, Washington on 28 January 1945.

Floyds Bay (AVP-40) was laid down at Lake Washington Shipyard at Houghton, Washington. She was launched on 28 January 1945, sponsored by Mrs. R. R. McCracken, and commissioned on 25 March 1945.

World War II operations 1945

After training at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and in the Mariana Islands, Floyds Bay arrived at Okinawa on 28 July 1945 to operate with Air-Sea Rescue Squadron 6 and other seaplanes. She was on these duties when World War II ended with the cessation of hostilities with Japan on 15 August 1945.

Honors and awards

Floyds Bay received one battle star for her World War II service.

Peacetime operations 1945–1950

Floyds Bay continued her duties at Okinawa until 9 September 1945. From that time, she controlled seadromes at Wakanoura Wan and Nagoya in Japan and at Shanghai and Tsingtao, China. She concluded her post-World War II occupation duties when she departed Yokohama, Japan, on 1 December 1946 bound for San Francisco, California.

From her home port, San Diego, California, Floyds Bay sailed on a round-the-world good-will cruise between 6 June 1947 and 27 March 1948. Proceeding eastward, she called at Mediterranean and Far Eastern ports, operating in Japanese waters for several months.

USS Floyds Bay sometime between the installation of a quad 40-millimeter antiaircraft gun mount on her fantail ca. 1948 and its removal ca. 1956. USS Floyds Bay (AVP-40) underway at sea, circa inthe 1950s (NH 98810).jpg
USS Floyds Bay sometime between the installation of a quad 40-millimeter antiaircraft gun mount on her fantail ca. 1948 and its removal ca. 1956.

In the summer of 1948, Floyds Bay served as tender for seaplanes flying photographic missions from Annette Island, Alaska. During the summer of 1949, she carried out important assignments at Hong Kong, when she served as communications base for diplomatic officials, and maintained a seadrome for the evacuation of Americans from Communist-threatened Canton, China, during the Chinese Civil War.

Korean War 1950–1953 and peacetime operations 1953–1959

Annually from 1950 through 1959, Floyds Bay had tours of duty in the Far East. She served as a seaplane tender at Iwakuni, Japan, during the Korean War (1950–1953), and often as station ship at Hong Kong. With these cruises she alternated duty on the United States West Coast, which took her from Mexico to Alaska.

Honors and awards

Floyds Bay received one battle star for her Korean War service.

Decommissioning and disposal

On 26 February 1960, Floyds Bay was decommissioned and placed in reserve at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard at Bremerton, Washington. She was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 March 1960 and sold on 20 July 1960.

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