USS Kenneth Whiting

History
United States
NameKenneth Whiting
NamesakeKenneth Whiting (1881-1943), U.S. Navy officer and aviation pioneer
BuilderSeattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Company, Seattle, Washington
Launched15 December 1943
Sponsored byMrs. Edna Andresen Whiting
Commissioned8 May 1944
Decommissioned29 May 1947
Recommissioned24 October 1951
Decommissioned30 September 1958
Stricken1 July 1961
Honors &
awards		2 battle stars (World War II)
FateSold, 21 February 1962
General characteristics
Class & typeKenneth Whiting-class seaplane tender
Displacement
  • 8,510 long tons (8,647 t) light
  • 12,610 long tons (12,812 t) full
Length492 ft (150 m)
Beam69 ft 6 in (21.18 m)
Draft23 ft 9 in (7.24 m)
Installed power3 turbo-drive service generators, 500 kW 450V A.C.
Propulsion
  • 1 × Allis-Chalmers steam turbine
  • 2 × Foster Wheeler D-type boilers, 465 psi 765°
  • Double Falk main reduction gear
  • 1 shaft
  • 8,500 hp (6,338 kW)
Speed19 knots (35 km/h)
Capacity
  • 9,675 barrels (1,538.2 m3) NSFO
  • 760 barrels (121 m3) diesel
  • 312,475 US gallons (1,182,850 L) gasoline
Complement1,077 (113 officers, 964 enlisted)
Armament

USS Kenneth Whiting (AV-14) was the lead ship of her class of seaplane tenders in the United States Navy.

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