Allied Warships

USS Humboldt (AVP 21)

Seaplane tender of the Barnegat class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Seaplane tender
Class	Barnegat
Pennant	AVP 21
Built by	Boston Navy Yard (Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.)
Ordered	12 Jun 1940
Laid down	6 Sep 1940
Launched	17 Mar 1941
Commissioned	7 Oct 1941
End service	17 Mar 1947
History	Decommissioned on 17 March 1947 Loaned to the United States Coast Guard and commissioned as USCGC Humboldt (WAVP-372) on 29 March 1949 Redesignated as high endurance cutter (WHEC-372) on 1 May 1966 Decommissioned on 30 September 1969 and returned to the USN Stricken in 1970 Scrapped in Italy

Commands listed for USS Humboldt (AVP 21)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Cdr. William Gosnell Tomlinson, USN	7 Oct 1941	5 Sep 1942
2	George Cannon Montgomery, USN	5 Sep 1942	15 Jul 1943
3	Thomas Barbee Neblett, USN	15 Jul 1943	7 Aug 1944
4	T/Cdr. George Price Koch, USN	7 Aug 1944	15 Aug 1945
5	Frederick Funston Daly, USNR	15 Aug 1945	20 Oct 1945

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