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CHANDELEUR seaplane tender (1942)


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Chandeleur

Ships


No Name Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
AV10 Chandeleur 64 Western Pipe & Steel, San Francisco 29.5.1941 29.11.1941 11.1942 stricken 4.1971


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

11500

Displacement full, t

13700

Length, m

150.0

Breadth, m

21.2

Draught, m

7.24 full load

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 set geared steam turbines, 2 boilers

Power, h. p.

9350

Max speed, kts

17

Fuel, t

oil 1309

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

1 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 12, 4 x 1 - 76/50 Mk18/20, 4 x 2 - 40/56 Mk 1.2, 15 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 24 seaplanes (SOC/SON, SO3C, OS2U/OS2N)

Electronic equipment

 

Complement

1077



Standard scale images


<i>nearly sister-ship Tangier</i> 1942
nearly sister-ship Tangier 1942


Graphics


<i> Chandeleur</i>
Chandeleur


Aircraft facilities

Aircraft fuel stowage was 1 180 900 l. There was 1 heavy crane for handling seaplanes.

Project history

In 1941 USN ordered some more seaplane tenders in standard C3-S type cargo hulls. They were purchased by Navy already after launching and converted while outfitted afloat. The aviation deck for seaplane maintenance was arranged aft from superstructure and raised one level over a cargo deck. The crane for aircraft handling was placed on stern. Cargo holds were arranged for storage of various aviation equipment and aviation fuel.

Chandeleur was built in C3-S-A2 type hull.

Modernizations

1943-1945, + presumably SG, SK, Mk 26 radars

1.1946: 1 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 4 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 22, 4 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 15 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 24 seaplanes, presumably SG, SK, Mk 26 radars

Naval service

: No significant events.