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U.S.S. KENNETH WHITING

(AV-14)

FIGHTING WHITING
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AV-14 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
JAN1943-JAN1945West Pac
DEC1943-Launch Date: 15 DEC 1943
MAY1944-Commissioned: 8 MAY 1944
OCT1944-SEP1945Middle Pacific
JAN1955-JAN1955Dependents Cruise
MAY1955-NOV1955West Pac
MAY1956-SEP1956West Pac
FEB1958-Shellback Initiation - 5 FEB 1958 - Pacific Ocean
FEB1958- Shellback Initiation - 5 FEB 1958 - Pacific Ocean
SEP1958-Decommissioned: 30 SEP 1958

AV-14 General Specifications

Class: Kenneth Whiting-class seaplane tender

Complement: 113 Officers and 964 Enlisted

Displacement: 8510 tons

Length: 492 feet

Beam: 69 feet 6 inches

Draft: 23 feet 9 in

Final Disposition: Sold 21 February 1962