USS Kenneth Whiting

USS Kenneth Whiting (AV-14)
History
United States
NameKenneth Whiting
NamesakeKenneth Whiting (1881-1943), U.S. Navy officer and aviation pioneer
BuilderSeattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Company, Seattle, Washington
Launched15 December 1943
Sponsored byMrs. Edna Andresen Whiting
Commissioned8 May 1944
Decommissioned29 May 1947
Recommissioned24 October 1951
Decommissioned30 September 1958
Stricken1 July 1961
Honors and
awards		2 battle stars (World War II)
FateSold, 21 February 1962
General characteristics
Class & typeKenneth Whiting-class seaplane tender
Displacement
  • 8,510 long tons (8,647 t) light
  • 12,610 long tons (12,812 t) full
Length492 ft (150 m)
Beam69 ft 6 in (21.18 m)
Draft23 ft 9 in (7.24 m)
Installed power3 turbo-drive service generators, 500 kW 450V A.C.
Propulsion
  • 1 × Allis-Chalmers steam turbine
  • 2 × Foster Wheeler D-type boilers, 465 psi 765°
  • Double Falk main reduction gear
  • 1 shaft
  • 8,500 hp (6,338 kW)
Speed19 knots (35 km/h)
Capacity
  • 9,675 barrels (1,538.2 m3) NSFO
  • 760 barrels (121 m3) diesel
  • 312,475 US gallons (1,182,850 L) gasoline
Complement1,077 (113 officers, 964 enlisted)
Armament

USS Kenneth Whiting (AV-14) was the lead ship of her class of seaplane tenders in the United States Navy.

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