| No | Name | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| AZ1, 11/1923 - AV1 | Wright | American SB, Hog Island // Tietjen & Lang, Hoboken | 1919 | 28/4/1920 | 12/1921 | seaplane tender 11/1923, miscellaneous vessel AG79 10/1944 |
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Displacement standard, t |
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Displacement full, t |
11500 |
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Length, m |
136.6 |
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Breadth, m |
17.7 |
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Draught, m |
7.01 |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
steam turbine, 6 boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
6000 |
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Max speed, kn |
15 |
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Fuel, t |
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| Endurance, nm (kts) | |
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Armament |
2 x 1 - 127/51 Mk 9, 2 x 1 - 76/50 Mk10, 12 seaplanes (MO,UO) |
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Complement |
228 |
Ship project history: Former transport of "Hog Island" type, converted to balloon tender before completion. Soon after commission she was reclassified to seaplane tender. She ensured basing of one squadron of seaplanes.
Modernizations: none.
Naval service: Wright from commissioning till mid-1922 was classified as balloon tender. Converted to "pure" seaplane tender at Norfolk N Yd, Portsmouth in 7 - 12/1926. In 1944 Wright was reclassified to an auxiliary AG79 and also was used as a command ship on Pacific. 3/2/1945 she was renamed San Clemente.
Wright
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