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USS POCOMOKE
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AV-9 Deployments - Major Events
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| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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| AUG | 1939 | Keel Date: 14 AUG 1939 at Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula MS |
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| JUN | 1940 | Launch Date: 8 JUN 1940 | |||
| JUL | 1941 | Commissioned: 18 JUL 1941 | |||
| JAN | 1943 | - | JAN | 1943 | Middle Pacific |
| JUL | 1946 | Decommissioned: 10 JUL 1946 | |||
AV-9 General Specifications
Class: Pocomoke-class seaplane tender
Complement: 689 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 8950 tons
Length: 492 feet
Beam: 69 feet 6 inches
Draft: 21 feet 2 in
Final Disposition: Sold 12 December 1961








