USS Matanzas

Tender of the United States Navy

History

United States
Name| USS Matanzas (AVP-46)
Namesake| Matanzas Inlet in Florida
Awarded| 14 April 1942
Builder| Lake Washington Shipyard, Houghton, Washington (proposed)
Laid down| Never
Fate| Construction contract cancelled 29 April 1943
General characteristics
Class & type| Barnegat-class small seaplane tender
Displacement|

* 1,766 tons (light)
* 2,750 tons (full load)

Length| 311 ft 8 in (95.00 m)
Beam| 41 ft 1 in (12.52 m)
Draught| 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m)
Installed power| 6,000 horsepower (4.48 megawatts)
Propulsion| Diesel engines, two shafts
Speed| 18.6 knots (34.4 km/h)
Complement|

* 215 (ship's company)
* 367 (including aviation unit)

Sensors &
processing systems| Radar; sonar
Armament| Probably either 2 x 5-inch (127 mm) 38-caliber guns, 4 x 20-mm antiaircraft guns, and 2 x depth charge tracks, or 1 x 5-inch (127 mm) 38-caliber gun, 1 x quadruple 40-mm antiaircraft gun mount, 2 x twin 40-mm gun mounts, 6 x 20-mm antiaircraft guns, and 2 x depth charge tracks
Aviation facilities| Supplies, spare parts, fuel, repairs, and berthing for one seaplane squadron; 80,000 US gallons (300,000 L) aviation fuel

USS Matanzas (AVP-46) was a proposed United States Navy seaplane tender that was never laid down.

## Construction and commissioning

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Matanzas was to have been one of 41 Barnegat-class small seaplane tenders the U.S. Navy planned to commission during the early 1940s, and was to have been built at Houghton, Washington, by the Lake Washington Shipyard. However, by the spring of 1943 the Navy deemed that number of seaplane tenders excess to requirements, and decided to complete four of them as motor torpedo boat tenders and one as a catapult training ship. In addition, the Navy also decided to cancel six of the Barnegat-class ships prior to their construction, freeing up the diesel engines that would have powered them for use in escort vessels and amphibious landing craft.

A contract with Lake Washington Shipyard for AVP-46's construction was let on 14 April 1942, and she was assigned the name Magothy on 23 August 1942. However, she became one of the final two ships to be cancelled when the Navy cancelled the contract on 29 April 1943 before construction could begin.

## References

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*  This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
* NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive Small Seaplane Tender (AVP) Index

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Barnegat-class seaplane tenders

United States Navy|

| Completed as small
seaplane tender (AVP)|

* Barataria
* Barnegat
* Bering Strait
* Biscayne
* Casco
* Castle Rock
* Chincoteague
* Cook Inlet
* Corson
* Coos Bay
* Duxbury Bay
* Floyds Bay
* Gardiners Bay
* Greenwich Bay
* Half Moon
* Humboldt
* Mackinac
* Matagorda
* Onslow
* Orca
* Rehoboth
* Rockaway
* San Carlos
* San Pablo
* Shelikof
* Suisun
* Timbalier
* Unimak
* Valcour
* Yakutat

|

Completed as
motor torpedo boat tender (AGP)|

* Mobjack
* Oyster Bay
* Wachapreague
* Willoughby

Completed as catapult
training ship (AVP)|

* Absecon

Canceled (April 1943)|

* Hatteras
* Hempstead
* Kamishak
* Magothy
* Matanzas
* Metomkin

Converted to command ship|

* Biscayne
* Valcour

Converted to survey ship|

* Josiah Willard Gibbs
* Rehoboth
* San Pablo

Post-World War II operators

United States Coast Guard
Casco-class cutters|

* Absecon
* Barataria
* Bering Strait
* Castle Rock
* Cook Inlet
* Dexter
* Casco
* Chincoteague
* Coos Bay
* Gresham
* Half Moon
* Humboldt
* Mackinac
* Matagorda
* McCulloch
* Rockaway
* Unimak
* Yakutat

United States Coast and Geodetic Survey|

* Pioneer

Ethiopian Navy|

* Ethiopia

Greek merchant marine|

* Artemis
* Artemis K
* Golden Princess
* Kentavros
* Kypros
* Myconos
* Rodos

Hellenic Navy|

* Hephaistas

Italian Navy|

* Pietro Cavezzale

Royal Norwegian Navy|

* Haakon VII

Philippine Navy
Andrés Bonifacio-class frigates|

* Andrés Bonifacio
* Diego Silang
* Francisco Dagohoy
* Gregorio del Pilar

Republic of Vietnam Navy
Trần Quang Khải-class frigates|

* Lý Thường Kiệt
* Ngô Quyền
* Phạm Ngũ Lão
* Trần Bình Trọng
* Trần Nhật Duật
* Trần Quang Khải
* Trần Quốc Toản

Vietnam People's Navy|

* Phạm Ngũ Lão

Preceded by: Curtiss class Followed by: Currituck class

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