USN · AV
Curtiss
Photos and infoSeaplane tender, AV-4, lead ship of her class. Named for Glenn Hammond Curtiss. At Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 a bomb and a crashing plane damaged her. She was not sunk. A kamikaze hit her off Okinawa on 21 June 1945 and killed 35 men. She survived the war. Decommissioned 24 September 1957 and sold for scrap in 1972.
| Type | Seaplane tender (AV) |
|---|---|
| Hull | AV-4 |
| Builder | New York Shipbuilding, Camden |
| Launched | 1940-04-20 |
| Commissioned | 1940-11-15 |
| Fate | Afloat. Lead ship of her class, built as a seaplane tender. Named for Glenn Hammond Curtiss. A bomb and a crashing plane damaged her at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. Nineteen men were killed. She was not sunk. A kamikaze and its bomb hit her off Okinawa on 21 June 1945. Thirty-five men were killed and twenty-one wounded. She was not sunk. Decommissioned 24 September 1957. Struck 1 July 1963. Sold for scrap in 1972. Seven battle stars. |
Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
U.S. Navy photo NH 55535. Curtiss (AV-4) in 1940. Public domain.
The pictures on this page are the originals.
Attack on Pearl Harbor
1941-12-07 · bomb and a crashing plane; not sunk
