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U.S.S. CURTISS
(AV-4)Click to view crew list
AV-4 Deployments - Major Events
| Add a AV-4 Shellback Initiation | Add a AV-4 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| APR | 1940 | - | Launch Date: 20 APR 1940 | ||
| NOV | 1940 | - | Commissioned: 15 NOV 1940 | ||
| APR | 1951 | - | JUN | 1951 | Atombombentest Greenhouse- |
| AUG | 1952 | - | DEC | 1952 | Marshall Islands Hydrogen bomb test Nov. 1 1952 |
| NOV | 1952 | - | DEC | 1952 | marshall islands hydrogen bomb test |
| DEC | 1956 | - | MAY | 1957 | Operation DeepFreeze II |
| SEP | 1957 | - | Decommissioned: 24 SEP 1957 | ||
AV-4 General Specifications
Class: Curtiss-class seaplane tender
Complement: 1195 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 8671 tons
Length: 527 feet 4 inches
Beam: 69 feet 3 inches
Draft: 21 feet 11 in
Final Disposition: Sold for scrapping February 1972