Allied Warships

USS Rehoboth (AVP 50)

Seaplane tender of the Barnegat class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeSeaplane tender
ClassBarnegat 
PennantAVP 50 
Built byLake Washington Shipyards (Houghton, Washington, U.S.A.) 
Ordered11 Apr 1942 
Laid down3 Aug 1942 
Launched8 Nov 1942 
Commissioned23 Feb 1944 
End service15 Apr 1970 
History

Decommissioned on 30 June 1947
Recommissioned and redesignated as survey ship (AGS-50) on 2 September 1948
Decommissioned and stricken on 15 April 1970
Sold to be broken up for scrap in September 1970

 

Commands listed for USS Rehoboth (AVP 50)

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CommanderFromTo
1T/Capt. Robert Crawford Warrack, USN23 Feb 194415 May 1944 (1)
2T/Cdr. Ernest Edward Christensen, USN15 May 19449 Aug 1945
3T/Cdr. Louis Wilbur Mang, USN9 Aug 1945

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