Allied Warships

USS Yakutat (AVP 32)

Seaplane tender of the Barnegat class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Seaplane tender
Class	Barnegat
Pennant	AVP 32
Built by	Associated Ship Building Inc. (Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.)
Ordered	16 Dec 1940
Laid down	1 Apr 1942
Launched	2 Jul 1942
Commissioned	31 Mar 1944
End service	17 Apr 1946
History	Decommissioned on 17 April 1946 Loaned to the United States Coast Guard and commissioned as USCGC Yakutat (WAVP-380) on 23 November 1948 Redesignated high endurance cutter (WHEC-380) on 1 May 1966 Decommissioned by the United States Coast Guard in 1970 Transferred to South Vietnam on 10 January 1971 being renamed Tran Nhat Duat (HQ-03) Taken over by the Philippines in April 1975 Sold to the Philippines on 6 April 1976 and cannibalized for spare parts

Commands listed for USS Yakutat (AVP 32)

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	Commander	From	To
1	T/Cdr. George Kittrell Fraser, USN	31 Mar 1944	21 Jun 1945 (1)
2	T/Lt.Cdr. William Irvin Darnell, USN	21 Jun 1945	17 Apr 1946

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Sources

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