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USS Greenwich Bay (AVP-41)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Charlie - Alpha - Lima NCAL

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal

Barnegat Class Small Seaplane Tender:

Laid down, 18 July 1944, at Lake Washington Shipyards, Houghton, WA.

Launched, 18 March 1945

Commissioned, USS Greenwich Bay (AVP-41), 20 May 1945, CDR. Peter F. Boyle USN in command

Following World War II USS Greenwich Bay was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal	China Service Medal (extended)
15 September 1945 to 27 March 1946	15 September 1945 to 27 March 1946
	3 to 5 May 1946

Decommissioned in June 1966

Struck from the Naval Register, 1 July 1966

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 21 June 1967, to Boston Metals Co., Baltimore, MD.

Specifications:
Displacement 1,766 t.(lt) 2,800 t.(fl)
Length 310'
Beam 41' 2"
Draft 13' 6" (limiting)
Speed 18.2 kts. (trial)

Complement

Officers 14

Enlisted 201

Aviation Unit Accommodations

Officers 59

Enlisted 93

Largest Boom Capacity 10 t.

Armament

one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount

one quad 40mm AA gun mount

two twin 40mm AA gun mounts

four twin 20mm AA gun mounts

Fuel Capacities

Diesel 1,955 Bbls.

Gasoline 84,340 Gals.

Propulsion

four Fairbanks Morse 38D8 1/8 Diesel engines

single Fairbanks Morse Main Reduction Gear

Ships Service Generators

two diesel-drive 100Kw 450V A.C.

two diesel-drive 200Kw 450V A.C.

two propellers, 6,080shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By / Source
09434119	155k	*Namesake* Greenwich Bay - Is a bay on the coast of Rhode Island near East Greenwich, Rhode Island off of Narragansett Bay. Photo - A view of Greenwich Bay from the edge of Oakland Beach, Rhode Island, neighboring Warwick, Rhode Island, 8 August 2018 by PumaGator Map - Greenwich Bay navigation chart	Tommy Trampp
	84k	*USS Greenwich Bay* (AVP-41)** underway near her builder's yard at Houghton, Washington, 16 May 1945. US National Archives photo # 19-N-87294, a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in collections of the US National Archives.	US Naval History and Heritage Command
	84k	*USS Greenwich Bay* (AVP-41)** underway near her builder's yard at Houghton, Washington, 16 May 1945. US National Archives photo # 19-N-87295, a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in collections of the US National Archives.	US Naval History and Heritage Command
	72k	*USS Greenwich Bay* (AVP-41)** moored in the harbor of Alexandria, Egypt, June 1946. US Navy photo # NH 81168 from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command . Courtesy LCDR W. H. Cressman, USN (Ret.)	US Naval History and Heritage Command
09434120	155k	*USS Greenwich Bay* (AVP-41)** carrying representatives of the press covering U.S. President Truman's trip to the U.S. Virgin Islands, anchored at Frederiksted Harbor, St. Croix, 23 February 1948. US National Archives Identifier (NAID) 200475	Robert Hurst
	439k	*USS Greenwich Bay* (AVP-41) prepares to come alongside USS Duxbury Bay (AVP-38)** in the Red Sea/Persian Gulf area in 1952 in preparation for assuming duties as flagship Command Middle East Force.	Carl Musselman
	82k	*USS Duxbury Bay* (AVP-38) coming alongside USS Greenwich Bay (AVP-41) at Pier 2, Naval Operating Base Norfolk, VA. in 1954. Moored on the opposite side of Pier 2 is the Fleet Oiler USS Chukawan (AO-100)** US Navy photo.	Carl Musselman
	84k	*USS Greenwich Bay* (AVP-41) refueling a P5M seaplane of VP-44*, 24 May 1955. She is wearing the white paint of a Middle East Force flagship. US Navy photo # NH 97640* by PH3 R.P. Champine, USN from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.	US Naval History and Heritage Command
	495k	*USS Greenwich Bay* (AVP-41) and USS Duxbury Bay (AVP-38)** moored side by side at Naval Operating Base Norfolk, VA. in 1956. US Navy photo from USS Coral Sea Cruise book	Carl Musselman
	58k	*USS Greenwich Bay* (AVP-41) photographed circa 1958 from a P5M, whose port side wing float is visible at the top of the photo. Other P5M aircraft are parked at the seaplane base below. The small cargo ship with heavy lift booms amidships may be the USNS Col. William J. O'Brien (T-AK-246) or USNS Short Splice (T-AK-249)** Note also the small unidentified structure on Greenwich Bay's after deck. The original print carried the rubber stamped date 22 May 1958 on its reverse side.US Navy photo # NH 38797 from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.	Robert Hurst
	684k	*USS Greenwich Bay* (AVP-41)** moored pierside at the Navy Pier on the Savannah River near the old Talmadge Memorial Bridge, Savannah, GA., June 1958. She is wearing the white paint of a Middle East Force flagship. Photos by L. R. Case, Jr.	C. E. Case
	1102k		C. E. Case
	73k	*USS Greenwich Bay* (AVP-41)** seen here as Middle East Command Ship, circa April 1949 to June 1966.	Haze Gray & Underway
	32k	*USS Duxbury Bay* (AVP-38) relieving USS Greenwich Bay (AVP-41)** as flagship for COMIDEASTFOR, late 1960. Photo from 1960-1961 USS Duxbury Bay Cruise Book.	Carl Musselman
	111k	*USS Greenwich Bay* (AVP-41)*, at Barcelona, Spain, late May or early June 1961. Barcelona was the first of a series of Mediterranean ports that the ship visited in mid-1961 before transiting the Suez Canal and becoming flagship of Commander Middle East Force. US Navy photo # NH 97755* from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.	US Naval History and Heritage Command
	85k	*USS Greenwich Bay* (AVP-41)** at anchor with awnings rigged in a photograph released in 1965. She now has a tripod mast and a tall whip antenna right aft..US Navy photo # NH 98799 from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.	Robert Hurst

For more photos and information about USS Greenwich Bay, see;
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
Barnegat Class Seaplane Tenders
Profile and Sky Views - Barnegat Class Small Seaplane Tenders - Lake Washington Shipyard, Houghton, WA.

Commanding Officers
01	CDR. Boyle, Peter Frederick, USN (USNA 1935)	20 May 1945 - October 1946
02	CAPT. Adair, Crutchfield, USN (USNA 1924)	October 1946 - September 1947
03	CAPT. Butts, Whitmore Spencer, USN (USNA 1929) :RADM	September 1947 - 25 October 1948
04	CAPT. Wilson, Thomas Payne, USN (USNA 1929)	25 October1948 - 2 October 1949
05	CAPT. Briner, Robert Rathbone	2 October 1949 - 21 November 1950
06	CAPT. Williams, Macpherson Berrien (Mac) USN (USNA 1930)	21 November 1950 - October 1951
07	CAPT. Gjoerloff, George Oliver	October 1951 - January 1953
08	CAPT. Shields, Ward Thornton	January 1953 - 10 November 1953
09	CAPT. Lewis, John Greenough (Breeay), USN	10 November 1953 - 10 February 1955
10	CAPT. McCormick, William Morgan	10 February 1955 - 25 February 1956
11	CAPT. Gayler, Noel Arthur Meredyth :ADM	25 February 1956 - January 1957
12	CAPT. Wampler Jr., French	January 1957 - December 1957
13	CAPT. Wright, James Mahan, USN (USNA 1934)	December 1957 - 6 November 1958
14	CAPT. Riera, Robert Emmett, USN (USNA 1935) :RADM	6 November 1958 - 18 January 1960
15	CAPT. Davie, Theodore Henry	18 January 1960 - February 1961
16	CAPT. Aurand, Evan Peter :VADM	February 1961 - September 1961
17	CAPT. Harty Jr., Harry Lafayette :ADM	September 1961 - October 1962
18	CAPT. Shryock, William Alexander	October 1962 - January 1963
19	CAPT. Griber, Peter Anthony Matthew	January 1963 - 28 July 1963
20	CAPT. Cason Jr., Arthur Caldwell	28 July 1963 - 5 June 1964
21	CDR. Watson, Fred Carson, USN (USNA 1945)	5 June 1964 - 25 June 1965
22	CDR. King, William Clark, USN (USNA 1949)	25 June 1965 - 1 July 1966


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