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USS Curtiss retrieves a PBM

Note: This list is of purpose-built vessels only. Cargo vessels and passenger liners which served with the Navy as APs or APAs (transport) or other auxiliaries are listed on the Merchant Marine page. Listed by USN designation, in alphabetical order. With the scrapping of the Neosho-class oilers in 2014, no ships in this category survive.

Designation	C#	Name(s)	Keel Laid	Ways	Launched	Delivered	Description	Notes
AD- 2	149	Melville	Nov 11, 1913	J	Mar 2, 1913	Dec 2, 1915	Melville class destroyer tender, 417ft, 7150dp	Decommissioned at Norfolk 9 Aug 1946, stricken 23 Apr 1947. Sold for scrap 19 Aug 1948 to Patapsco Scrap Corp.
AD-14	417	Dixie	Mar 17, 1938	K	May 27, 1939	Apr 25, 1940	DOD photo, 1976. Off Southern California. Dixie class destroyer tender	Supported Operation Crossroads. Earned 5 Battle Stars for Korea. Stricken and decommissioned 15 Jun 1982. Sold 17 Feb 1983 and scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
AD-15	419	Prairie	Dec 7, 1938	M	Dec 9, 1939	Aug 05, 1940	Dixie class destroyer tender	Decommissioned and stricken Mar 26, 1993 after 52.6 years service. Transferred to the Maritime Administration 1 Apr 1993 and immediately sold to Nishant Import & Export, towed to India, and scrapped.
AO-144	500	Mississinewa	May 4, 1953	M	Jun 12, 1954	Jan 14, 1955	DOD photo 1986 Neosho-class fleet oiler	Decommissioned 15 Nov 1976. Stricken 16 Feb 1994. Transferred to NDRF (Maritime Administration) and placed in James River Reserve Fleet, 1 May 1999. MARAD contracted with International Shipbreaking for scrapping on 9 Sep 2006, and work was completed in Brownsville, TX, on 11 Feb 2008.
AO-145	501	Hassayampa	Jul 13, 1953	O	Sep 12, 1954	Apr 15, 1955	Photo © 1966 by Dick Leonhardt Neosho-class fleet oiler	Decommissioned 17 Nov 1978. Stricken 16 Feb 1994. Transferred to NDRF (Maritime Administration) and placed in Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet, May 1, 1999. Moved to MARAD's "Non-Retention - Tanker" list with status Disposal by 2009. Sold for scrapping and removed from Suisun bay, April 2014.
AO-146	502	Kawishiwi	Oct 5, 1953	L	Dec 11, 1954	Jun 22, 1955	DOD photo 1991 Pearl Harbor Neosho-class fleet oiler	Stricken 7 Nov 1994. Transferred to the NDRF (Maritime Administration) and placed in Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet, 1 May 1999. Moved to MARAD's "Non-Retention - Tanker" list with status Disposal by 2009. Sold for scrapping and removed from Suisun bay, April 2014.
AO-147	503	Truckee	Dec 21, 1953	J	Mar 10, 1955	Nov 18, 1955	Department of Defense photo 1980 Neosho-class fleet oiler	Decommissioned 30 Jan 1980. Stricken 18 Jul 1994. Transferred to NDRF and placed in James River Reserve Fleet, 1 May 1999. Sold to Bay Bridge Enterprises of Chesapeake, VA, for scrapping, Jul 2008.
AO-148	504	Ponchatoula	Mar 1, 1954	K	Jul 9, 1955	Jan 05, 1056	Department of Defense photo 1991 Neosho-class fleet oiler	Stricken 31 Aug 1992. Transferred to NDRF and placed in Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet, 1 May 1999. Moved to MARAD's "Non-Retention - Tanker" list with status Disposal by 2009. Sold for scrapping and removed from Suisun Bay, April 2014.
AOE-2	542	Camden	Feb 17, 1964	O	May 29, 1965	Mar 11, 1967	Photo courtesy Shawn Hennessy Sacramento class fast support ship, 795ft, 20717dp	Last NYSB contract. Decommissioned October 14, 2005 at Kitsap Bay. Sold for scrap April 13, 2007. Made final transit of Panama Canal in August, 2007, en route to Brownsville, TX. Scrapped at ESCO Marine.
AR- 5	422	Vulcan	Dec 16, 1939	J	Dec 14, 1940	Jun 16, 1941	Department of Defense photo 1991 Vulcan class repair ship, 530ft, 12911dp	Earned 1 Battle Star for WWII. Decommissioned 30 Sep 1991. Stricken 28 Jul 1992. Transferred to NDRF and placed in James River Reserve Fleet, 1 Feb 1999.  Disposition contract awarded to Bay Bridge Enterprises 9 Nov 2006. Towed to Chesapeake, VA, for scrapping 19 Dec 2006.
AT-12 ATO-12		Sonoma	Nov 7, 1911	J	May 11, 1912	Sept 6, 1912	Sonoma class seagoing tug, 175 ft, 1120t dp, single screw (13 kt)	Served with the Atlantic Fleet as a tender during World War I. Survived several air attacks during WWII South Pacific operations, then struck by burning Japanese bomber Oct 24, 1944, in San Pedro Bay, Leyte Gulf, and sank in 18 ft of water off Dio Island. Considered 1st ship sunk by kamikaze.
AT-13 ATO-13		Ontario	Nov 23, 1911	J	Apr 11, 1912	Aug 31, 1912	Sonoma class seagoing tug, 175 ft, 1120t dp, single screw (13 kt)	Commissioned 4 Sep 1912, S.M. McCarthy commanding. Was at Pearl harbor 7 Dec 1941. Decommissioned 3 Jun 1946, struck 19 Jun 1946, and sold to Floyd Harrington of Wilmington CA 4 Apr 1947. Final disposition unknown.
AV- 4	418	Curtiss	Apr 25,1938	L	Apr 20, 1940	Nov 15, 1940	U. S. Navy photo Curtiss class seaplane tender, 527ft 8671dp	Earned 7 Battle Stars in WWII. Struck by Japanese a/c and dive bomb at Pearl Harbpr, 7 Dec 1941. Tended Mariner and Sunderland squadrons in Korea. Flagship for Operation Greenhouse and Ivy (Eniwetok), 1951-52. Supported Operation Deep Freeze II during IGY, 1957. Decommissioned and placed in reserve, 24 Sep 1957. Struck 1 Jul 1963, sold for scrapping 1 Mar 1972 to Union Minerals & Alloys.
AV- 5 T-ARVH-1	420	Albemarle Corpus Christi Bay	Jun 12, 1939	K	Jul 13, 1940	Dec 20, 1940	US Navy photo - as Albemarle Curtiss class seaplane tender US Navy photo - as Corpus Cristi Bay	Supported patrol operations in Caribbean for most of WWII. Decommissioned and placed in reserve at Brooklyn, 14 Aug 1950. Converted to tend P6M Seamaster, 1956. Recommissioned 1957. Decommissioned and placed in reserve at Norfolk, 21 Oct 1960. Stricken 1 Sep 1962. Reactivated 1964 and converted as helicopter maintenance vessel. Served in Vietnam. Stricken 31 Dec 1974. Sold for scrap 17 Jul 1975.
AV- 7	430	Currituck	Cancelled	N/A	Sep 11, 1943		U.S. Navy photo Curtiss class seaplane tender	Cancelled and completed at Philadelphia Navy Yard. Stricken 1 Apr 1971. Sold for scrap 1 Oct 1972.

C# = NYSB contract number

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