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| Tonnage |
8510 tons standard displacement |
| Dimensions | 492' by 69'6" by 23'2" 150.0m by 21.2m by 7.1m |
| Maximum speed | 16.5 knots |
| Complement | 1077 |
| Armament | 2 5"/38
dual-purpose guns 2x2, 2x4 40mm Bofors AA guns 16 20mm Oerlikon AA guns |
| Machinery |
1-shaft General Electric geared
turbine (8500 shp) 2 Foster-Wheeler boilers |
| Bunkerage | 1556 tons fuel oil 312,000 gallons (1,181,000 liters) aviation fuel |
The Kenneth Whitings
were completed in 1944. They were Maritime Commission
C3-Cargo hulls converted to
seaplane tenders. As such, they lacked the large superstructure hangars
of previous purpose-build seaplane tenders, but these were of little
use for servicing the large flying boats that had come to dominate the naval seaplane service.
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Completed 1944-5-8 (Tacoma) |
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Completed 1944-6-26 (Tacoma) |
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Completed 1944-7-24 (Tacoma) |
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Completed 1944-8-21 (Tacoma) |
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