USS Bering Strait, a 1,766-ton Barnegat class small seaplane tender, was built at Houghton, Washington, and was commissioned in July 1944. Following shakedown off the west coast and further training in Hawaiian waters, she proceeded to the Marianas where she served as a tender to a squadron of air-sea rescue aircraft in March 1945. She then moved with her squadron to Okinawa, where she remained until the end of December 1945. Returning to the U. S., she was decommissioned at Alameda, California, in June 1946.
In September 1948 Bering Strait was loaned to the Coast Guard as the cutter Bering Strait (WAVP-382, later WHEC-382). She served out of Seattle, Washington and San Francisco, California, primarily on weather station duty, for most of her Coast Guard career. She was transferred to South Vietnam as Tran Quan Kha in January 1971. She became the Philippine Diego Silang in April 1976 and was decommissioned in June 1985.
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Photo #: 19-N-72076 USS Bering Strait (AVP-34) Photographed off Houghton, Washington, on 12 July 1944, shortly before commissioning. She was built by Lake Washington Shipyards, Houghton, Washington. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 82KB; 740 x 620 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 19-N-73151 USS Bering Strait (AVP-34) Photographed on 1 October 1944. She has a main armament of three 5"/38 guns. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 73KB; 740 x 615 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 19-N-73152 USS Bering Strait (AVP-34) Photographed on 1 October 1944. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 129KB; 740 x 620 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 19-N-73153 USS Bering Strait (AVP-34) Photographed on 1 October 1944. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 131KB; 740 x 620 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 19-N-73155 USS Bering Strait (AVP-34) Photographed on 1 October 1944. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 89KB; 595 x 765 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 19-N-58203 USS Bering Strait (AVP-34) Being christened at Houghton, Washington, by Mrs. George F. Cornwall on 15 January 1944. She was built by Lake Washington Shipyards, Houghton, Washington. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 77KB; 740 x 620 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 19-N-58204 USS Bering Strait (AVP-34) Being launched at Lake Washington Shipyards, Houghton, Washington, on 15 January 1944. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 108KB; 740 x 620 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: NH 97595 USCGC Bering Strait (WAVP-382) Photographed during the 1950s in Coast Guard service. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 95KB; 740 x 615 pixels |
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Page made 30 April 2001