USS Barnegat, the first ship in a large class of 1,766-ton small seaplane tenders, was built at the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, and was commissioned in July 1941. She spent her first ten months conducting trials of the new AVP design, first in the Puget Sound area and after November 1941 near Boston, Massachusetts. In May 1942 the tender deployed to Iceland where she tended a seaplane squadron and performed a variety of other support services, and in November she and her aircraft participated in the invasion of North Africa.
Between June 1943 and May 1944 Barnegat operated in Brazil, where her seaplanes sank two U-boats. In February 1945 she arrived in Panama, where she tended seaplanes and conducted a wide range of other support activities until returning to the U.S. in November. Barnegat was decommissioned in May 1946, stricken from the Navy list in May 1958, and later sold into Greek merchant service as Kentavros.
This page features all our views of USS Barnegat, and provides links to other related images.
For additional images of USS Barnegat, see:
USS Barnegat (AVP-10) -- Booklet
of General Plans.
If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions." |
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Photo #: 19-N-26457 USS Barnegat (AVP-10) In Puget Sound, Washington, on 14 October 1941. She is in her original configuration with two 5"/38 guns forward and a large seaplane-handling crane aft. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 103KB; 740 x 570 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 19-N-26458 USS Barnegat (AVP-10) In Puget Sound, Washington, on 14 October 1941. She is displaying her original seaplane-handling facilities, including a large crane aft and a clear fantail. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 109KB; 740 x 575 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 19-N-26612 USS Barnegat (AVP-10) Off the Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown, Massachusetts, on 1 January 1942. Note that she is wearing the Naval Aviation star insignia by her hull number, in addition to a Measure 12 (Modified) camouflage paint scheme. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 108KB; 740 x 555 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 80-G-361055 USS Barnegat (AVP-10) Underway off the coast of Brazil on 4 April 1944. The ship is painted in the "two-tone" Measure 22 camouflage scheme. Note the "star and bar" aircraft insignia on the bow aft of the hull number. Photographed from an aircraft of Fleet Air Wing 16. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 130KB; 740 x 610 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 80-G-361056 USS Barnegat (AVP-10) Underway off the coast of Brazil on 4 April 1944. Photographed from an aircraft of Fleet Air Wing 16. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 91KB; 740 x 585 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 80-G-361057 USS Barnegat (AVP-10) A near overhead view of the ship underway off the coast of Brazil on 4 April 1944. Her original large aircraft crane has been replaced with a smaller model and a third 5"/38 mount has been added on the fantail. Photographed from an aircraft of Fleet Air Wing 16. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 145KB; 740 x 615 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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The following photographs show USS Barnegat (AVP-10) distantly, while she was fitting out:
In addition to the images presented above, the National Archives appears to hold other views of USS Barnegat (AVP-10), taken in 1944, when she was painted in different camouflage schemes than seen in the views presented on this page. The following list features some of these images:
The images listed below are NOT in
the Naval Historical Center's collections.
DO NOT try to obtain them using the procedures described in our
page "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions.".
USS Barnegat (AVP-10) off the Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown, Massachusetts, 26 June 1944. Starboard bow surface view. Ship is painted in pattern camouflage. USS Barnegat (AVP-10) off the Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown, Massachusetts, 26 June 1944. Starboard broadside surface view. Ship is painted in pattern camouflage.
USS Barnegat (AVP-10) off the U.S. East Coast, 10 July 1944. Starboard stern aerial view, taken from a blimp of squadron ZP-11. Ship is painted in pattern camouflage.
Reproductions of these images should be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system for pictures not held by the Naval Historical Center. The images listed in this box are NOT in the Naval Historical Center's collections. DO NOT try to obtain them using the procedures described in our page "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions.". |
For additional images of USS Barnegat, see:
USS Barnegat (AVP-10) -- Booklet
of General Plans.
If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions." |
Page made 7 June 2000
New images added 11 October 2004