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U.S.S. CUMBERLAND SOUND
(AV-17)Click to view crew list
AV-17 Deployments - Major Events
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Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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JAN | 1944 | - | JAN | 1947 | West Pac |
FEB | 1944 | - | Launch Date: 23 FEB 1944 | ||
AUG | 1944 | - | Commissioned: 21 AUG 1944 | ||
AUG | 1945 | - | SEP | 1945 | West Pac |
JAN | 1946 | - | SEP | 1946 | Bikini Atoll 1946 Operation Cross roads |
MAY | 1947 | - | Decommissioned: 27 MAY 1947 |
AV-17 General Specifications
Class: Kenneth Whiting-class seaplane tender
Complement: 1077 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 8510 tons
Length: 492 feet
Beam: 69 feet 6 inches
Draft: 23 feet 9 in
Final Disposition: Sold 23 April 1962