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Photo # 19-N-57482:  USS Chincoteague off the Mare Island Navy Yard, 27 December 1943

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USS Chincoteague (AVP-24), 1943-1949

USS Chincoteague, a 1,766-ton Barnegat class small seaplane tender, was built at Houghton, Washington, and was commissioned in April 1943. Chincoteague sailed from San Diego in June 1943 for Saboe Bay in the Santa Cruz Islands, where she tended seaplanes in support of operations in New Guinea. Less than two weeks after her arrival, she was badly damaged in multiple Japanese air attacks by a bomb hit in the after engine room and numerous near misses. She was towed back to the Mare Island Navy Yard, where repairs were completed in December 1943

Chincoteague left Pearl Harbor in February 1944 and commenced a seven month period of duty in the western Pacific. She tended seaplanes and also carried freight, mail, and passengers in the Solomons, Marshalls, Gilberts, Marianas, and New Hebrides as well as in other locations. Following overhaul, she commenced salvage and rescue duty in the Palaus in December 1944 and in February 1945 joined the Iwo Jima assault force. After a period of duty at Ulithi she sailed in June 1945 for an overhaul at the Terminal Island repair facility at San Pedro, California. She tended seaplanes at Okinawa and at Tsingtao, China, between October 1945 and 1946 and then proceeded to Orange, Texas, for inactivation. She was decommissioned in December 1946.

In March 1949 Chincoteague was loaned to the Coast Guard as the cutter Chincoteague (WAVP-375, later WHEC-375). She served out of Norfolk, primarily on weather station duty. She was decommissioned in June 1972 and was transferred to South Vietnam as Ly Thoung Kiet. She became the Philippine Navy's Andreas Bonifacio in April 1976 and was decommissioned by them in June 1985.

This page features all our views of USS Chincoteague.


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Photo #: 19-N-57482

USS Chincoteague (AVP-24)


Photographed on 27 December 1943 off the Mare Island Navy Yard following repairs to severe battle damage incurred in July 1943.
One of the four 5"/38 guns in her original armament has been replaced by a quadruple 40mm mount.

Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

Online Image: 61KB; 740 x 620 pixels

Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

 
Photo #: 19-N-57483

USS Chincoteague (AVP-24)


Photographed on 27 December 1943 off the Mare Island Navy Yard following repairs to severe battle damage incurred in July 1943.
One of the four 5"/38 guns in her original armament has been replaced by a quadruple 40mm mount.

Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

Online Image: 78KB; 740 x 615 pixels

Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

 
Photo #: NH 97710

USS Chincoteague (AVP-24)


A direct bow photograph taken on 27 December 1943 off the Mare Island Navy Yard.
The ship had just completed repairs to severe battle damage incurred in July 1943.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

Online Image: 69KB; 740 x 625 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 97711

USS Chincoteague (AVP-24)


A direct stern photograph taken on 27 December 1943 off the Mare Island Navy Yard.
The ship had just completed repairs to severe battle damage incurred in July 1943.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

Online Image: 62KB; 740 x 620 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 97709

USS Chincoteague (AVP-24)


A port side view of the forward portion of the ship taken on 15 December 1943 at the Mare Island Navy Yard.
The ship was completing repair of severe battle damage incurred in July 1943. Circled changes include new antennas on the foremast and just forward of the stack.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

Online Image: 96KB; 740 x 625 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 97708

USS Chincoteague (AVP-24)


A port side view of the amidships portion of the ship taken on 15 December 1943 at the Mare Island Navy Yard.
The ship was completing repairs to severe battle damage incurred in July 1943. Significant changes, mostly to the anti-aircraft armament, boat stowage, and electronic antennas, are circled.
The nearest destroyer in the background is USS Thatcher (DD-514).

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

Online Image: 136KB; 740 x 625 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 97707

USS Chincoteague (AVP-24)


A port side view of the after portion of the ship taken on 15 December 1943 at the Mare Island Navy Yard.
The ship was completing repairs to severe battle damage incurred in July 1943.
Changes to the anti-aircraft armament and boat stowage are circled.
The covered lighter alongside is USS YF-535, an old craft acquired in 1942. The nearest destroyer in the background is USS Thatcher (DD-514).

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

Online Image: 136KB; 740 x 625 pixels

 
Photo #: 19-N-88909

USS Chincoteague (AVP-24)


Photographed in mid-1945 following a West Coast overhaul.
Her quadruple 40mm mount has been moved forward, but she retains an unshielded 5"/38 gun on the fantail.

Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

Online Image: 146KB; 740 x 620 pixels

Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

 
Photo #: 19-N-88911

USS Chincoteague (AVP-24)


Photographed in mid-1945 following a West Coast overhaul.
Her quadruple 40mm mount has been moved forward, but she retains an unshielded 5"/38 gun on the fantail.

Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.

Online Image: 108KB; 740 x 615 pixels

Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

 


In addition to the images presented above, the National Archives appears to hold other views of USS Chincoteague (AVP-24). 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".



  • Photo #: 80-G-45355
    USS Chincoteague (AVP-24) probably photographed in December 1943. A near-port broadside view that appears to be in the same series as the 27 December 1943 Mare Island photos shown above.

  • Photo #: 80-G-319792
    USS Chincoteague (AVP-24) at anchor in the western Pacific on 30 April 1945 with USS Cumberland Sound (AV-17) and several seaplanes in the distant background.


    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".


  • If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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    Page made 23 January 2001
    Text corrected 7 February 2002