USS Yakutat

USS Yakutat (AVP-32) on 30 March 1944
History
United States
NameUSS Yakutat (AVP-32)
NamesakeYakutat Bay on the southern coast of Alaska
BuilderAssociated Shipbuilders, Inc., Seattle, Washington
Laid down1 April 1942
Launched2 July 1943
Sponsored byMrs. Peter Barber
Commissioned31 March 1944
Decommissioned17 April 1946
Nickname(s)
  • "The Y"
  • "The Mighty Y"
Honors and
awards		Four battle stars for World War II service
FateLoaned to U.S. Coast Guard 31 August 1948; permanently transferred to Coast Guard 26 September 1966
AcquiredTransferred from U.S. Coast Guard 1 January 1971[a]
FateTransferred to South Vietnam 10 January 1971[b]
United States
NameUSCGC Yakutat (WAVP-380)
NamesakePrevious name retained
Acquired
  • Loaned by United States Navy to Coast Guard 31 August 1948
  • Transferred permanently from Navy to Coast Guard 26 September 1966
Commissioned23 November 1948
ReclassifiedHigh endurance cutter (WHEC-380) 1 May 1966
Decommissioned1 January 1971[c]
Honors and
awards
FateTransferred to U.S. Navy 1 January 1971[a]
South Vietnam
NameRVNS Trần Nhật Duật (HQ-03)
NamesakeTrần Nhật Duật (1255–1330), a general of the Trần dynasty
Acquired10 January 1971
Fate
Philippines
Acquired5 April 1976
Commissionednever
Fate
  • Cannibilized for spare parts
  • Discarded 1982
General characteristics (seaplane tender)
Class and typeBarnegat-class small seaplane tender
Displacement
  • 1,766 tons (light)
  • 2,750 tons (full load)
Length311 ft 8 in (95.00 m)
Beam41 ft 1 in (12.52 m)
Draft13 ft 6 in (4.11 m)
Installed power6,000 horsepower (4.48 megawatts)
PropulsionDiesel engines, two shafts
Speed18.6 knots (34.4 km/h)
Complement
  • 215 (ships' company)
  • 367 (with aviation unit)
Sensors and
processing systems		Radar; sonar
Armament
Aviation facilitiesSupplies, spare parts, repairs, and berthing for one seaplane squadron; 80,000 US gallons (300,000 L) aviation fuel
General characteristics (Coast Guard cutter)
Class and typeCasco-class cutter
Displacement2,529 tons (full load) in 1966
Length310 ft 9.25 in (94.7230 m) overall; 300 ft 0 in (91.44 m) between perpendiculars
Beam41 ft 0 in (12.50 m) maximum
Draft12 ft 11 in (3.94 m) at full load in 1966
Installed power6,400 bhp (4,800 kW)
PropulsionFairbanks-Morse geared diesel engines, two shafts; 165,625 US gallons (626,960 L) of fuel
Speed
  • 17.6 knots (32.6 km/h) (maximum sustained in 1966)
  • 11.0 knots (20.4 km/h) (economic in 1966)
Range
  • 9,500 nautical miles (17,600 km) at 17.6 knots (32.6 km/h) in 1966
  • 20,000 nautical miles (37,000 km) at 11.0 knots (20.4 km/h) in 1966
Complement151 (10 officers, 3 warrant officers, 138 enlisted personnel) in 1966
Sensors and
processing systems
ArmamentIn 1966: 1 x single 5-inch (127 mm) 38-caliber Mark 12-1 gun mount; 1 x Mark 10-1 antisubmarine projector; 2 x Mark 32 Mod 2 torpedo launchers with 3 torpedo tubes each)
General characteristics (South Vietnamese frigate)
Class and typeTrần Quang Khải-class frigate
Displacement
  • 1,766 tons (standard)
  • 2,800 tons (full load)
Length310 ft 9 in (94.72 m) (overall); 300 ft 0 in (91.44 m) waterline
Beam41 ft 1 in (12.52 m)
Draft13 ft 5 in (4.09 m)
Installed power6,080 horsepower (4.54 megawatts)
Propulsion2 x Fairbanks Morse 38D diesel engines
Speedapproximately 18 knots (maximum)
Complementapproximately 200
Armament

USS Yakutat (AVP-32) was a United States Navy Barnegat-class small seaplane tender in commission from 1944 to 1946. Yakutat tended seaplanes in combat areas in the Pacific during the latter stages of World War II. After the war, she was in commission in the United States Coast Guard from 1948 to 1971 as the Coast Guard cutter USCGC Yakutat (WAVP-380), later WHEC-380, seeing service in the Vietnam War during her Coast Guard career. Transferred to South Vietnam in 1971, she was commissioned into the Republic of Vietnam Navy as the frigate RVNS Trần Nhật Duật (HQ-03). When South Vietnam collapsed in 1975 at the end of the Vietnam War, she fled to the Philippines, where the Philippine Navy took custody of her and cannibalized her for spare parts until discarding her in 1982.

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