Allied Warships

USS Wright (AV 1)

Seaplane tender

NavyThe US Navy
TypeSeaplane tender
Class 
PennantAV 1 
Built byAmerican International Shipbuilding Corp. (Hog Island, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down5 Feb 1919 
Launched28 Apr 1920 
Commissioned16 Dec 1921 
End service21 Jun 1946 
Loss position
 
History

Displacement: 11500 BRT (fl)
Length: 448 feet
Complement: 228
Armament: 2 5" DP guns (2x1), 2 3" AA guns (2x1)
, 2MG AA
Speed: 15 kts

Reclassified as miscellaneous auxiliary (AG-79) on 1 October 1944
Renamed USS San Clemente (AG-79) on 1 February 1945
Decommissioned on 21 June 1946
Stricken on 1 July 1946
Sold to be broken up for scrap on 19 August 1948

 

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