Uss Chincoteague (Avp 24)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. USS Chincoteague (AVP-24) was a United States Navy seaplane tender in commission from 1943 to 1946. Chincoteague departed from San Diego, California, on 13 June 1943 for Saboe Bay in the Santa Cruz Islands, where she arrived on 6 July 1943 to support the New Guinea campaign as tender for Fleet Air Wing 1 (FAW-1). On 16 July 1943 the Japanese launched eight air attacks at Saboe Bay, killing nine of Chincoteague's crew and damaging the ship badly through one direct hit and two near misses. Taken in tow by seaplane tender USS Thornton (AVD-11), and then by tug USS Sonoma (AT-12), Chincoteague reached Espiritu Santo on 21 July 1943 for emergency repairs, and later was towed to San Francisco, California, for thorough overhaul.