USN · AV

Currituck

Afloat

Seaplane tender, AV-7, the second of the name. Laid down at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 14 December 1942 and commissioned on 26 June 1944, Captain W. A. Evans in command. She tended seaplanes at Leyte, Lingayen Gulf, and Manila. She survived the war. NavSource records two World War II battle stars.

Type	Seaplane tender (AV)
Hull	AV-7
Builder	Philadelphia Navy Yard
Launched	1943-09-11
Commissioned	1944-06-26
Fate	Afloat. Survived the war. The second of the name, a seaplane tender. She left Philadelphia for the Pacific on 31 August 1944 and was still in service at the surrender. DANFS places her out of commission in reserve at Philadelphia on 7 August 1947. NavSource records a later decommissioning at Bremerton on 31 October 1967, a strike on 1 April 1971, and a sale for scrap on 10 January 1972. uboat.net dates that sale 10 January 1973.
Command	Evans, William A. Captain from 26 June 1944; DANFS names Captain W. A. Evans at the commissioning. NavSource prints William Ashby Evans Jr., USN, USNA 1924, through 19 November 1945. The name used here follows the DANFS initials. Neither account says he was killed

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

Near the Philadelphia Navy Yard, 19 July 1944. Bureau of Ships photograph 19-N-69352. The print header names USS Currituck (AV-7). The handwritten line says U.S.S. AV7, off the bow, port side. U.S. Navy photograph, now in the National Archives. Public domain.

The pictures on this page are the originals.

Command

WEEvans, William A.Captain from 26 June 1944DANFS names Captain W. A. Evans at the commissioning. NavSource prints William Ashby Evans Jr., USN, USNA 1924, through 19 November 1945. The name used here follows the DANFS initials. Neither account says he was killed

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