USS Pine Island
USS Pine Island (AV-12) | |
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| United States | |
| Name | USS Pine Island |
| Namesake | Pine Island Sound in Florida (not the island itself) The four ships in this class were Currituck Sound; Norton Sound; Salisbury Sound and Pine Island Sound. |
| Builder | Los Angeles Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, San Pedro, California |
| Laid down | 16 November 1942 |
| Launched | 26 February 1944 |
| Commissioned | 26 April 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 1 May 1950 |
| Recommissioned | 7 October 1950 |
| Decommissioned | 16 June 1967 |
| Stricken | 1 February 1971 |
| Fate | Sold, 7 February 1972 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Currituck-class seaplane tender |
| Displacement | 14,000 tons (full load) |
| Length | 540 ft 5 in (164.72 m) |
| Beam | 69 ft 3 in (21.11 m) |
| Draft | 22 ft 3 in (6.78 m) |
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| Speed | 18 knots (33 km/h) |
| Complement | 684 |
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USS Pine Island (AV-12), a Currituck-class seaplane tender, is the only ship of the United States Navy to hold this name. The ship was named after Pine Island Sound (off the coast of Lee County, Florida).
Pine Island was laid down on 16 November 1942 at the Los Angeles Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, San Pedro, California; launched on 26 February 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Knefler McGinnis; and commissioned on 26 April 1945.