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JASON seaplane tender

No Name Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
AV2 (ex-AC12) Jason Maryland Steel, Baltimore 3/1912 16/11/1912 6/1913 // 1/1930 stricken 5/1936

 

Displacement standard, t

11500

Displacement full, t

19250

Length, m

163.4

Breadth, m

19.8

Draught, m

8.43

No of shafts

2

Machinery

electric motors, 2 Parsons turbo-generators, 3 Yarrow boilers

Power, h. p.

6500

Max speed, kts

14.3

Fuel, t

coal 2300
Endurance, nm (kts)  

Armament

4 x 1 - 102/50 Mk 9, 12 seaplanes (OL, O2U)

Complement

82

Ship project history: ex-fleet collier of Jupiter class, converted to support ship for aviation operations in the Far East and reclassified as seaplane tender. She operated mainly as a transport and logistic ships in support of other aviation units.

Modernizations:  none

Naval service: No significant events.

Jason 1932

 

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