| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Seaplane tender |
| Class | Barnegat |
| Pennant | AVP 23 |
| Built by | Lake Washington Shipyard (Houghton, Washington, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 23 Jul 1941 |
| Launched | 8 Mar 1942 |
| Commissioned | 28 Jan 1943 |
| End service | 19 Mar 1947 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Decommissioned on 19 March 1947 |
Commands listed for USS Absecon (AVP 23)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Cdr. Robert Selden Purvis, Jr., USN | 28 Jan 1943 | ??? |
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Noteable events involving Absecon include:
13 Mar 1943
USS Absecon picks up 7 survivors from the Honduran merchant Olancho that was torpedoed and sunk on 11 March about 30 nautical miles west of Cape San Antonio, Cuba in position 22º08'N, 85º14'W by the German submarine U-183.