USS Tangier (AV-8)

Tangier in April 1942.
History
United States
Name	Sea Arrow (1939—1940) Tangier (1940—1961) Detroit (1962—1974)
Namesake	Tangier Island in Virginia and Tangier Sound in Maryland
Builder	Moore Dry Dock Company, Oakland, California
Yard number	195
Laid down	18 March 1939
Launched	15 September 1939
Acquired	8 July 1940
Commissioned	25 August 1941
Decommissioned	c. January 1947
Stricken	1 June 1961
Honors and awards	3 Battle Stars
Fate	Sold to Union Minerals & Alloys Corporation, 17 November 1961
United States
Name	Detroit (1962—1974)
Operator	Sea-Land Service
Acquired	15 May 1962
Fate	Scrapped, 1974
General characteristics Sea Arrow (as built)[1]
Type	MC type C-3 cargo
Tonnage	7,680 GRT 5,450 NRT 11,920 DWT
Length	492 ft (150.0 m) (overall) 465 ft (141.7 m) LBP
Beam	69 ft 6 in (21.18 m)
Draft	28 ft 7.5 in (8.7 m) (full load)
Depth	33 ft 6 in (10.2 m)
Capacity	686,365 cubic feet (19,435.7 m3) (5 holds & 'tween deck) 12 passengers
Crew	43
General characteristics as Tangier[2]
Type	After conversion to Seaplane tender
Displacement	11,760 long tons (11,950 t)
Length	492 ft 1 in (149.99 m)
Beam	69 ft 6 in (21.18 m)
Draft	23 ft 9 in (7.24 m)
Speed	18.4 kn (21.2 mph; 34.1 km/h)
Complement	1,075 officers and men
Armament	1 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 cal. dual purpose gun 4 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 cal. dual purpose guns 8 × Bofors anti-aircraft guns

The second USS Tangier (AV-8) was a Maritime Commission type C-3 cargo ship, converted to a seaplane tender in the United States Navy during World War II. The ship, the first of the C-3s to be launched and significant in a revival of Pacific coast shipbuilding, was launched 15 September 1939 and delivered to the Maritime Commission as Sea Arrow. The ship was acquired by the U.S. Navy during completion before any commercial service, put back into the builder's yard, and converted to a seaplane tender during 1940. After spending over a year in conversion the ship was commissioned on 25 August 1941.

Tangier was present during the Attack on Pearl Harbor that drew the United States into World War II and saw service throughout the Pacific until the end of the war. The vessel was placed in reserve January 1947 at Philadelphia and remained in reserve until 1961 when sold for mercantile use. Renamed Detroit in 1962 and converted to a car carrier/container ship. In October 1974 the vessel was sold for scrap and broken up at Valencia, Spain.