Allied Warships

USS Casco (AVP 12)

Seaplane tender of the Barnegat class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Seaplane tender
Class	Barnegat
Pennant	AVP 12
Built by	Puget Sound Navy Yard (Bremerton, Washington, U.S.A.)
Ordered	1 Jul 1939
Laid down	30 May 1940
Launched	15 Nov 1941
Commissioned	27 Dec 1941
End service	10 Apr 1947
History	Decommissioned on 10 April 1947 Loaned to the United States Coast Guard on 19 April 1949 and renamed USCGC Casco (WAVP-370) Redesignated (WHEC-370) on 1 May 1966 Returned to the USN in 1969 Sunk as a target on 15 May 1969

Commands listed for USS Casco (AVP 12)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Cdr. Thomas Selby Combs, USN	27 Dec 1941	18 Aug 1942 (1)
2	T/Cdr. Willis Everett Cleaves, USN	18 Aug 1942	8 Jul 1943
3	T/Cdr. Earl Ruhf DeLong, USN	8 Jul 1943	19 Jul 1944
4	T/Cdr. Reginald Rutherford, USN	31 Jul 1944	31 Aug 1945
5	Lt.Cdr. Edward Kim Shanahan, USN	31 Aug 1945	10 Apr 1947

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Sources

http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/auxil/avp12.htm

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