| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Seaplane tender |
| Class | Barnegat |
| Pennant | AVP 10 |
| Built by | Puget Sound Navy Yard (Bremerton, Washington, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | 1 Sep 1938 |
| Laid down | 26 Oct 1939 |
| Launched | 23 May 1941 |
| Commissioned | 3 Jul 1941 |
| End service | 17 May 1946 |
| History | Decommissioned on 17 May 1946 |
Commands listed for USS Barnegat (AVP 10)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Cdr. Felix Locke Baker, USN | 3 Jul 1941 | 5 Jul 1942 (1) |
| 2 | Cdr. Josephus Asa Briggs, USN | 5 Jul 1942 | 14 Jun 1943 |
| 3 | T/Cdr. Henry Thornton Dietrich, USN | 14 Jun 1943 | 2 May 1944 |
| 4 | T/Cdr. Charles Edward Robertson, USN | 2 May 1944 | 21 Aug 1945 |
| 5 | T/Cdr. William Leroy Richards, USN | 21 Aug 1945 | 17 May 1946 |
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Notable events involving Barnegat include:
22 Jul 1943
USS Barnegat picks up 18 survivors from the American merchant Richard Caswell that was torpedoed and sunk on 16 July 1943 by German U-boat U-513 about 150 miles southeast of Florianopolis, Brazil in position 28°10'S, 46°30'W.