_underway.jpg) USS Timbalier underway ca. 1946
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Namesake | Timbalier Bay in Louisiana |
| Builder | Lake Washington Shipyard, Houghton, Washington |
| Laid down | 9 November 1942 |
| Launched | 18 April 1943 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. S. B. Dunlap |
| Commissioned | 24 May 1946 |
| Decommissioned | 15 November 1954 |
| Stricken | 1 May 1960 |
| Identification | IMO number: 5298470 |
| Fate | Sold 20 December 1960 |
 Greece | |
| Name | MV Ródos |
| Namesake | Rhodes |
| Acquired | 22 December 1960 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1989 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Barnegat-class 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) |
| Draft | 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m) |
| Installed power | 6,000 hp (4,500 kW) Diesel engines |
| Propulsion | Two shafts |
| Speed | 18.6 knots (34.4 km/h; 21.4 mph) |
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| Sensors and processing systems | Radar; sonar |
| Armament |
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| Aviation facilities | Supplies, spare parts, repairs, and berthing for one seaplane squadron; 80,000 US gallons (300,000 L) aviation fuel |
USS Timbalier (AVP-54) was a Barnegat-class seaplane tender of the United States Navy. She was commissioned shortly after the end of World War II, and served between 1946 and her decommissioning in 1954. She later saw commercial service as the Greek cruise ship MV Ródos.