USS Floyds Bay, a 1,766-ton Barnegat class small seaplane tender, was built at Houghton, Washington, and was commissioned in March 1945. After training at Pearl Harbor and in the Marianas, she arrived at Okinawa in late July and supported an air-sea rescue squadron and other seaplanes there into September. She then controlled seadromes at Wakanoura Wan and Nagoya, Japan, and at Shanghai and Tsingtao, China before returning to San Francisco in December 1946.
Between June 1947 and March 1948, Floyds Bay carried out a round-the-world good-will cruise, proceeding eastward to the Mediterranean and then to the Far East. Later in 1948 she supported aircraft flying photographic missions in Alaska. In the summer of 1949 she supported seaplanes and served as a diplomatic communications base at Hong Kong during the Communist advance into southern China. Between 1950 and 1959 she carried out annual deployments to the Far East and also performed West Coast duty which took her from Mexico to Alaska. Floyds Bay was decommissioned in February 1960 and was sold in July 1960.
This page features all the views we have related to USS Floyds Bay (AVP-40).
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Photo #: 19-N-86695 USS Floyds Bay (AVP-40) Photographed off the Lake Washington Shipyards, Houghton, Washington, on 22 March 1945. Her camouflage is Measure 33 Design 1F. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 80KB; 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-86696 USS Floyds Bay (AVP-40) Photographed off the Lake Washington Shipyards, Houghton, Washington, on 22 March 1945. Her camouflage is Measure 33 Design 1F. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 75KB; 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-86697 USS Floyds Bay (AVP-40) Photographed off the Lake Washington Shipyards, Houghton, Washington, on 22 March 1945. Her camouflage is Measure 33 Design 1F. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 81KB; 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 98810 USS Floyds Bay (AVP-40) Photographed after World War II. The quadruple 40mm gun mount on the fantail was added circa 1948 and removed circa 1956. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 116KB; 740 x 615 pixels |
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Photo #: 19-N-84926 USS Floyds Bay (AVP-40) Being christened by Mrs. R. R. McCracken during launching ceremonies on 28 January 1945. The ship was built by the Lake Washington Shipyards, Houghton, Washington. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 114KB; 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-84927 USS Floyds Bay (AVP-40) Being launched at the Lake Washington Shipyards, Houghton, Washington, on 28 January 1945. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 91KB; 595 x 765 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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In addition to the images presented above, the National Archives appears to hold other views of USS Floyds Bay (AVP-40). 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".
Port quarter surface view of USS Floyds Bay (AVP-40) in 1945. Port quarter aerial view of USS Floyds Bay (AVP-40) in 1945. Port bow aerial view of USS Floyds Bay (AVP-40) taken by FVU-7 on 28 May 1947. Starboard bow aerial view of USS Floyds Bay (AVP-40) in the late 1940s or early 1950s. The ship appears to be painted white with a small, dark bow number Port broadside low-angle aerial view of USS Floyds Bay (AVP-40) off Point Loma, San Diego, Calif., on 16 October 1957. 80-G-1033536 is a port broadside high-angle aerial view in the same series. Port bow aerial view of USS Floyds Bay (AVP-40) off Point Loma, San Diego, Calif., on 16 October 1957. 80-G-1033533 is a port quarter aerial view in the same series. Direct bow aerial view of USS Floyds Bay (AVP-40) off Point Loma, San Diego, Calif., on 16 October 1957. 80-G-1033534 is a direct stern aerial view in the same series. 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." |
Page made 4 July 2001
New image added 29 August 2003