Currituck 1945
| No | Name | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| AV7 | Currituck | Philadelphia N Yd | 14/12/1942 | 11/9/1943 | 26/6/1944 | stricken 4/1971 |
| AV11 | Norton Sound | Todd, San Pedro | 7/9/1942 | 28/11/1943 | 8/1/1945 | guided missile test ship AVM1 8/1951, stricken 1/1987 |
| AV12 | Pine Island | Todd, San Pedro | 16/11/1942 | 26/2/1944 | 26/4/1945 | stricken 2/1971 |
| AV13 | Salisbury Sound (ex-Puget Sound) | Todd, San Pedro | 10/4/1943 | 18/6/1944 | 26/11/1945 | stricken 1971 |
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Displacement standard, t |
12100 |
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Displacement full, t |
15092 |
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Length, m |
158.5 wl 164.7 oa |
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Breadth, m |
21.1 |
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Draught, m |
6.78 full load |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
Parsons geared steam turbines, 4 Babcock & Wilcox boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
12000 |
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Max speed, kts |
19.2 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 2324 |
| Endurance, nm (kts) | |
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Armament |
AV7: 4 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 12, 4 x 4 - 40/56 Bofors, 30 seaplanes (SOC, OS2U) AV11 - 13: 4 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 12, 4 x 4 - 40/56 Bofors, 30 seaplanes (OS2U, SC) |
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Sensors |
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Complement |
1247 |
Aircraft facilities: Aircraft fuel stowage was 1 052 200 l. There were 3 heavy cranes for handling seaplanes and transverse catapult H-5. Marine Corps dive bombers can be launched from catapult with landing on coastal airfields.
Ship project history: Development of Curtiss class. The basic difference was included in the increased sizes of aviation deck on stern. For this purpose the hangar has been moved fwd, that, in turn, has demanded to re-plan funnels, having trunk them into one funnel. It became the most appreciable visual difference from Curtiss class having two smoke tubes.
The following changes brought in the project Currituck were transverse catapult on an aviation deck and increased aviation fuel stowage. In the course of designing in 1941 it was supposed to protect ships by 51mm armour deck (the hull beam was to be increased on 0.7m), but these plans have not been realised.
AA armament, in comparison with predecessors, was appreciable strengthened: 2x4 28mm MG mounts and 4 12.7mm MGs were provided. Already before completion unsuccessful 28mm MGs were replaced by 40mm Boforses.
Ship protection: there was 4-compartment underwater protection.
Modernizations: none.
Naval service: Norton Sound in role of test ship was used in many missiles tests and ended service as Aegis test ship (from 1974).
Currituck
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