List of seaplane carriers by country
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The list of seaplane carriers by country includes seaplane carriers and tenders organized by country of origin and service.
Aircraft carrying submarine:
Australia
- HMAS Albatross: seaplane tender in service from 1928 to 1933
France
- Foudre: Converted cruiser in service as a seaplane carrier from 1914 to 1918
- Compinas: Converted merchant ship in service as a seaplane tender from 1915 to 1916
- Nord: Converted merchant ship in service as a seaplane tender from 1915 to 1919
- Pas-de-Calais: Converted merchant ship in service as a seaplane tender from 1915 to 1919
- Rouen: Converted merchant ship in service as a seaplane tender from 1916 to 1919
- Petrel class: Eight light inshore seaplane tenders in service from 1931 into World War II
- Commandant TesteCommandant TesteCommandant Teste was a large seaplane tender of the French Navy built before World War II. She was designed to be as large as possible without counting against the Washington Treaty limits...
: Seaplane transport and tender in service from 1932 to 1942 - Belfort: Converted Amiens class sloop in service from 1939 to 1946
- Diligente: Converted Friponne class sloop in service during 1940
- Paul Goffeny: Former German tug type seaplane tender in service from 1948 to 1955
- Robert Giraud: Former German tug type seaplane tender in service from 1948 to 1963
- Marcel le Bihan: Seaplane support ship from 1948 to 1961
Aircraft carrying submarine:
- SurcoufSurcouf (N N 3)Surcouf was a French submarine ordered to be built in December 1927, launched on 18 October 1929, and commissioned in May 1934. Surcouf—named after the French privateer Robert Surcouf—was the largest submarine ever built until surpassed by the Japanese I-400s. Her short wartime career was marked...
: Aircraft carrying submarine in service from 1934 to 1942
Germany
- GlyndwrGlyndwrGlyndŵr was one of six districts of Clwyd between 1974 and 1996.It was formed on April 1, 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, from parts of the administrative counties of Denbighshire and Merionethshire....
auxiliary seaplane carrier - Adeline Hugo Stinnes auxiliary small seaplane carrier
- Answald (FS 1)
- Santa ElenaSanta ElenaSanta Elena, the Spanish-language name of Saint Helen, is often used as a toponym in parts of the world where that language is or was spoken:*Argentina**Santa Elena, Entre Ríos*Belize**Santa Elena, Belize*Costa Rica**Santa Elena, Costa Rica*Ecuador...
(FS II) - OswaldOswald-Fictional characters:*Oswald Bastable, a character in E. Nesbit's The Story of the Treasure Seekers and Michael Moorcock's The Warlord of the Air*Oswald, servant of Goneril in Shakespeare's King Lear...
(FS III)
- StuttgartStuttgartStuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....
seaplane cruiser- RoonSMS RoonSMS Roon"SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff", or "His Majesty's Ship" in German. was the lead ship of her class of armored cruisers of the Imperial German Navy. The ship was authorized under the second Naval Law in 1902, and built at the Imperial Dockyard in Kiel at the cost of 15.3 million...
- Roon
- Merchant Catapult Tender type catapult seaplane tenders
- Westfalen
- Schwabenland
- OstmarkOstmarkOstmark is a German term meaning either Eastern march when applied to territories or Eastern Mark when applied to currencies.Ostmark may refer to:...
- Friesenland
- SperberSperber- People :* Albert von Sperber , German land owner* Alfred Margul-Sperber , Bukovina-born Jewish German-language writer, and husband of Rose Ausländer* Brian Sperber* Dan Sperber, French social scientist* Daniel Sperber...
catapult seaplane tender - Bussard Class catapult seaplane tenders
- Bussard
- Falke
- Krischan type small seaplane tenders
- Krischan
- Gunther PluschowGunther PlüschowGunther Plüschow was a German aviator, aerial explorer and author from Munich, Bavaria. His feats include the only escape by a German prisoner of war in either World War from Britain back to Germany; he was the first man to explore and film Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia from the air...
- Bernard Von Tschirschy
- Hans Rolshoven
- Karl Meyer Class small seaplane tenders
- Karl MeyerKarl Meyer (aviator)Oberflugmeister Karl Meyer was a World War I flying ace credited with eight aerial victories.-Reference:...
- Max Stinsky
- Imelmann
- Boelcke
- Karl Meyer
- Hans Albrecht Wedel Class small seaplane tenders
- Hans Albrecht Wedel
- Richtofen
- Hermann KohlHermann KöhlHermann Köhl was a German Aviation pioneer and pilot of the first trans-atlantic flight in the East-West direction....
- GreifGreifGreif may refer to:People* Avner Greif - economics professor at Stanford University,* Eric Greif - lawyer and entertainment personality* Gideon Greif - Historian* Jean-Jacques Greif - French journalist and writer* Mark Greif - Editor...
small seaplane tender - Ex-French San Souci Class small seaplane tenders
- Jupiter/Merkur (SG1)
- Saturn/Uranus (SG2)
- Uranus/Saturn (SG3)
- Merkur/Jupiter (SG4)
Italy
- Giuseppe MiragliaGiuseppe Miraglia-History:Giuseppe Miraglia was laid down in 1921 as the train ferry Citta de Messina, but was acquired by the Regia Marina soon after her launch in 1923. Works to convert her into a seaplane carrier began in 1925, and was commissioned in 1927....
(1923) (seaplane carrier) - BU 1950 - Europa (1895) (merchantman converted to seaplane carrier) - Stricken 1920
Spain
- Dedalo 9,900 ton ex-German cargo ship Neuenfels 1901, transferred to Spain 1921, converted to seaplane carrier 1922. Scrapped 1 March 1940
Sweden
- Jacob Bagge
- DristighetenHMS DristighetenHMS Dristigheten was a Swedish Navy Pansarskepp. She was launched 28 April 1900. She was rebuilt as a seaplane tender shortly before World War II....
- Gotland
United Kingdom
- HMS Ben-my-chreeHMS Ben-my-ChreeHMS Ben-my-Chree was a packet steamer and a Royal Navy seaplane carrier of the First World War. She had originally been built as a fast passenger ferry for the Isle of Man Steam Packet — the third to bear her name — in 1907 by Vickers for the England–Isle of Man route...
- HMS EngadineHMS Engadine (1911)HMS Engadine was a seaplane tender which served in the First World War. She was built as a Folkestone-Boulogne ferry by William Denny and Brothers, launched on 23 September 1911 and named after the Engadine valley in Switzerland...
- HMS CampaniaHMS Campania (1914)HMS Campania was a seaplane tender and aircraft carrier, converted from an elderly ocean liner by the Royal Navy early in the First World War. After her conversion was completed in mid-1915 the ship spent her time conducting trials and exercises with the Grand Fleet...
- HMS Ark Royal, later PegasusHMS Ark Royal (1914)HMS Ark Royal was the first ship in history designed and built as a seaplane carrier. She was purchased by the Royal Navy in 1914 shortly after her keel had been laid and the ship was only in frames; this allowed the ship's design to be modified almost totally to accommodate seaplanes...
(1914–1939) - HMS RivieraHMS RivieraBuilt as a fast Cross-Channel steamer for the South East and Chatham Railway Co., HMS Riviera was requisitioned by the Admiralty on 11 August 1914 and converted by Chatham Dockyard to carry and operate four seaplanes....
(1914–1919) - EmpressHMS Empress (1914)HMS Empress was a seaplane carrier of the Royal Navy that served during World War I. Converted from the Cross-Channel packet ship Empress, the ship's aircraft conducted aerial reconnaissance, observation and bombing missions in the North Sea and Eastern Mediterranean. During the last year of the...
(1914–1919) - HMS Raven IIHMS Raven IIHMS Raven II was a seaplane carrier of the Royal Navy used during World War I. Converted from the captured German freighter Rabenfels, the ship's aircraft conducted aerial reconnaissance, observation and bombing missions in the Eastern Mediterranean and Red Sea during 1915–17 even though the ship...
- HMS Anne (1915)HMS Anne (1915)HMS Anne was a seaplane carrier of the Royal Navy used during World War I. Converted from the captured German freighter Aenne Rickmers, the ship's two aircraft conducted aerial reconnaissance, observation and bombing missions in the Eastern Mediterranean and Red Sea during 1915–17 even though the...
- HMS M2HMS M2HMS M2 was a Royal Navy aircraft-carrying submarine shipwrecked in Lyme Bay, Dorset, Britain, on 26 January 1932. She was one of three M-class boats completed.Four M-class submarines replaced the order for the last four K-class, K17-K21...
- submarine 1928-1932 - Hermes 1913-1914
- HMS Vindex (1915)HMS Vindex (1915)HMS Vindex was a Royal Navy seaplane carrier of the First World War. She had been built in 1905 by Armstrong Whitworth as the Viking, a fast passenger ferry for the Isle of Man Steam Packet. Viking was requisitioned by the Royal Navy on 15 March 1915 for conversion to a seaplane carrier, and was...
- HMS Manxman (1916)HMS Manxman (1916)HMS Manxman was a Royal Navy seaplane carrier of the First World War. She had been built as a fast passenger ferry for the Midland Railway serving the Heysham to Douglas run....
- HMS Pegasus (1917)HMS Pegasus (1917)HMS Pegasus was an aircraft carrier/seaplane carrier bought by the Royal Navy in 1917 during the First World War. She was laid down in 1914 by John Brown & Company of Clydebank, Scotland as SS Stockholm for the Great Eastern Railway Company, but construction was suspended by the start of the war...
United States
- USS Langley (CV-1)USS Langley (CV-1)USS Langley was the United States Navy's first aircraft carrier, converted in 1920 from the collier USS Jupiter , and also the U.S. Navy's first electrically propelled ship...
converted from USA's first aircraft carrierAircraft carrierAn aircraft carrier is a warship designed with a primary mission of deploying and recovering aircraft, acting as a seagoing airbase. Aircraft carriers thus allow a naval force to project air power worldwide without having to depend on local bases for staging aircraft operations...
in 1937 - USS MississippiUSS Mississippi (BB-23)USS Mississippi , the lead ship of her class of battleships, was the second ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the U.S. state of Mississippi. After her career in the USN, she was sold to Greece and renamed Kilkis in 1914...
an obsolete battleshipBattleshipA battleship is a large armored warship with a main battery consisting of heavy caliber guns. Battleships were larger, better armed and armored than cruisers and destroyers. As the largest armed ships in a fleet, battleships were used to attain command of the sea and represented the apex of a...
used as a seaplane tender in 1914 - Curtiss class seaplane tender
- USS CurtissUSS Curtiss (AV-4)USS Curtiss was a seaplane tender of the United States Navy. The ship was launched on 20 April 1940 by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation of Camden, New Jersey, sponsored by Mrs. H. S. Wheeler, and commissioned on 15 November 1940, Commander S. P...
- USS 'AlbemarleUSS Albemarle (AV-5)USS Albemarle was one of only two Curtiss-class seaplane tenders built for the United States Navy just prior to the United States' entry into World War II. Named for Albemarle Sound and Albemarle, North Carolina, and Albemarle County, Virginia, she was the third U.S...
- USS Curtiss
- USS TangierUSS Tangier (AV-8)The second USS Tangier was a cargo ship, converted to a seaplane tender in the United States Navy during World War II.Tangier laid down under a Maritime Commission contract as Sea Arrow on 18 March 1939 at Oakland, California by Moore Dry Dock Company; launched on 15 September 1939; sponsored by...
a cargo ship converted to a seaplane tender in 1941 - Currituck class seaplane tenderCurrituck class seaplane tenderThe Currituck class seaplane tenders were four ships built for the United States Navy during World War II. The role of a seaplane tender was to provide base facilities for squadrons of seaplanes in a similar way that an aircraft carrier does for its squadrons.The four ships of the class were:The...
- USS CurrituckUSS Currituck (AV-7)USS Currituck was the first of four Currituck class seaplane tenders, and was nicknamed the Wild Goose. She was built during World War II and served during the Cold War....
- USS Pine IslandUSS Pine Island (AV-12)USS Pine Island , a Currituck-class seaplane tender, is the only ship of the United States Navy to hold this name. The ship was named after Pine Island Sound ....
- USS Norton Sound
- USS Salisbury Sound
- USS Currituck
- Kenneth Whiting class seaplane tender
- USS Kenneth WhitingUSS Kenneth Whiting (AV-14)USS Kenneth Whiting was the lead ship of her class of seaplane tenders in the United States Navy.- Captain Kenneth Whiting, USN :...
- USS HamlinUSS Hamlin (AV-15)USS Hamlin was a in the United States Navy.Hamlin was launched by Todd-Pacific Shipyards, Inc., Tacoma, Washington on 11 January 1944; sponsored by Miss Constance Taffinder, daughter of Rear Admiral S. A. Taffinder; and commissioned on 26 June 1944, Captain G. A...
- USS St GeorgeUSS St. George (AV-16)USS St. George was a in the United States Navy.St. George was laid down on 4 August 1943 by the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation, Tacoma, Washington, launched on 14 February 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Alfred E. Montgomery; and commissioned on 24 July 1944, Capt. Robert G. Armstrong in...
- USS Cumberland SoundUSS Cumberland Sound (AV-17)USS Cumberland Sound was a in the United States Navy.Cumberland Sound was launched 23 February 1944 by the Todd-Pacific Shipyards, Inc., Tacoma, Washington; sponsored by Mrs. O. A. Tucker; and commissioned 21 August 1944, Captain E...
- USS Kenneth Whiting
- Barnegat class seaplane tenderBarnegat class seaplane tender|The Barnegat class was a large class of United States Navy small seaplane tenders built during World War II. Thirty were completed as seaplane tenders, four as motor torpedo boat tenders, and one as a catapult training ship.-Design:...
- USS BarnegatUSS Barnegat (AVP-10)For the Barnegat class as a whole, see Barnegat class small seaplane tender.The second USS Barnegat , in commission from 1941 to 1946, was the lead ship of her class of small seaplane tenders built for the United States Navy just before and during World War II. She was the second U.S...
- USS BiscayneUSS Biscayne (AVP-11)USS Biscayne , later AGC-18, was a United States Navy Barnegat-class seaplane tender in commission as a seaplane tender from 1941 to 1943 and as an amphibious force flagship from 1943 to 1946.-Construction and commissioning:...
- USS CascoUSS Casco (AVP-12)The third USS Casco was a United States Navy Barnegat-class small seaplane tender in commissioned from 1943 to 1947.-Construction and commissioning:...
- USS MackinacUSS Mackinac (AVP-13)The second USS Mackinac was a United States Navy Barnegat-class small seaplane tender in commission from 1942 to 1947.-Construction and commissioning:...
- USS HunboldtUSS Humboldt (AVP-21)USS Humboldt was a United States Navy Barnegat-class small seaplane tender in commission from 1941 to 1947. She was briefly reclassified as a miscellaneous auxiliary and redesignated AG-121 during 1945.-Construction and commissioning:...
- USS MatagordaUSS Matagorda (AVP-22)USS Matagorda was a United States Navy Barnegat-class seaplane tender in commission from 1941 to 1946.-Construction, commissioning, and shakedown:...
- USS AbesconUSS Absecon (AVP-23)The second USS Absecon was a United States Navy Barnegat-class seaplane tender in commission from 1943 to 1947, converted during construction to serve as a catapult training ship...
- USS ChincoteagueUSS Chincoteague (AVP-24)USS Chincoteague was a United States Navy seaplane tender in commission from 1943 to 1946.-Construction and commissioning:Chincoteague was launched on 15 April 1942 by Lake Washington Shipyard at Houghton, Washington, sponsored by Mrs. G. Rowe. She was commissioned on 12 April 1943 with Commander...
- USS Coos BayUSS Coos Bay (AVP-25)USS Coos Bay was a United States Navy Barnegat-class small seaplane tender in commission from 1943 to 1946.-Construction and commissioning:...
- USS Half MoonUSS Half Moon (AVP-26)USS Half Moon was a seaplane tender that served in the United States Navy from 1943 to 1946.-Construction and early deployment:Half Moon was laid down as a small seaplane tender on 10 March 1942 by Lake Washington Shipyards, Houghton, Washington, and was launched as such on 12 July 1942,...
- USS MobjackUSS Mobjack (AGP-7)USS Mobjack was a motor torpedo boat tender that served in the United States Navy from 1943 to 1946.-Construction and early deployment:...
- USS Oyster BayUSS Oyster Bay (AGP-6)USS Oyster Bay , originally and later AVP-28, was a United States Navy motor torpedo boat tender in commission from 1943 to 1946.-Construction, commissioning, and shakedown:...
- USS RockawayUSS Rockaway (AVP-29)USS Rockaway was a United States Navy Barnegat-class seaplane tender in commission from 1943 to 1946. She served in both the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean during World War II...
- USS San PabloUSS San Pablo (AVP-30)USS San Pablo was a United States Navy Barnegat-class seaplane tender which was in commission as such from 1943 to 1947 and then served as a commissioned hydrographic survey ship, redesignated AGS-30, from 1948 to 1969...
- USS UnimakUSS Unimak (AVP-31)USS Unimak was a United States Navy Barnegat-class small seaplane tender in commission from 1943 to 1946.-Construction, commissioning, and shakedown:...
- USS YakutatUSS Yakutat (AVP-32)USS Yakutat was a United States Navy Barnegat-class small seaplane tender in commission from 1944 to 1946. Yakutat tended seaplanes in combat areas in the Pacific during World War II.-Construction, commissioning, and shakedown:...
- USS BaratariaUSS Barataria (AVP-33)The second USS Barataria was a United States Navy Barnegat-class seaplane tender in commission from 1944 to 1946.-Construction, commissioning, and shakedown:...
- USS Bering StraitUSS Bering Strait (AVP-34)USS Bering Strait was a United States Navy Barnegat-class small seaplane tender in commission from 1944 to 1946. She tended seaplanes during World War II in the Pacific in combat areas and earned three battle stars by war’s end....
- USS Castle RockUSS Castle Rock (AVP-35)USS Castle Rock was a United States Navy Barnegat-class small seaplane tender in commission from 1944 to 1946.-Construction and commissioning:...
- USS Cook InletUSS Cook Inlet (AVP-36)USS Cook Inlet was a United States Navy Barnegat-class small seaplane tender in commission from 1944 to 1946. She tended seaplanes during World War II in the Pacific in combat areas and earned one battle star for her service....
- USS CorsonUSS Corson (AVP-37)USS Corson was a United States Navy Barnegat-class small seaplane tender in commission from 1944 to 1946 and from 1951 to 1956.-Construction and commissioning:...
- USS Duxbury BayUSS Duxbury Bay (AVP-38)USS Duxbury Bay was a United States Navy Barnegat-class small seaplane tender in commission from 1944 to 1966.-Construction and commissioning:...
- USS Gardiners BayUSS Gardiners Bay (AVP-39)USS Gardiners Bay was a United States Navy seaplane tender in commission from 1945 to 1958.-Construction, commissioning, and shakedown:...
- USS Floyds BayUSS Floyds Bay (AVP-40)USS Floyds Bay was a United States Navy Barnegat-class small seaplane tender in commission from 1945 to 1960 that saw service in World War II and the Korean War.-Construction and commissioning:...
- USS Greenwich BayUSS Greenwich Bay (AVP-41)USS Greenwich Bay , was a United States Navy Barnegat-class small seaplane tender in commission from 1945 to 1966.-Construction and commissioning:...
- USS HatterasUSS Hatteras (AVP-42)What wouild have been the third USS Hatteras was a proposed United States Navy seaplane tender that was never laid down.- Construction and commissioning :Hatteras was to have been one of 41 Barnegat-class small seaplane tenders the U.S...
- USS HempsteadUSS Hempstead (AVP-43)What wouild have been the first USS Hempstead was a proposed United States Navy seaplane tender that was never laid down.- Construction and commissioning :...
- USS KamishakUSS Kamishak (AVP-44)USS Kamishak was a proposed United States Navy seaplane tender that was never laid down.- Construction and commissioning :Kamishak was to have been one of 41 Barnegat-class small seaplane tenders the U.S. Navy planned to commission during the early 1940s, and was to have been built at Houghton,...
- USS MagothyUSS Magothy (AVP-45)USS Magothy was a proposed United States Navy seaplane tender that was never laid down.- Construction and commissioning :Magothy was to have been one of 41 Barnegat-class small seaplane tenders the U.S. Navy planned to commission during the early 1940s, and was to have been built at Houghton,...
- USS MatanzasUSS Matanzas (AVP-46)USS Matanzas was a proposed United States Navy seaplane tender that was never laid down.- Construction and commissioning :Matanzas was to have been one of 41 Barnegat-class small seaplane tenders the U.S. Navy planned to commission during the early 1940s, and was to have been built at Houghton,...
- USS MetomkinUSS Metomkin (AVP-47)What would have been the first USS Metomkin was a proposed United States Navy seaplane tender that was never laid down.- Construction and commissioning :Metomkin was to have been one of 41 Barnegat-class small seaplane tenders the U.S...
- USS OnslowUSS Onslow (AVP-48)USS Onslow was a United States Navy Barnegat-class seaplane tender in commission from 1943 to 1947 and from 1951 to 1960.-Constructioning and commissioning:...
- USS OrcaUSS Orca (AVP-49)The second USS Orca was a United States Navy seaplane tender in commission from 1944 to 1947 and from 1951 to 1960.-Construction, commissioning, and shakedown:...
- USS RehobothUSS Rehoboth (AVP-50)The second USS Rehoboth was in commission in the United States Navy as a seaplane tender from 1944 to 1947 and as an oceanographic survey ship from 1948 to 1970.-Construction, commissioning, and shakedown:...
- USS San CarlosUSS San Carlos (AVP-51)USS San Carlos was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. San Carlos, named after San Carlos Bay, Florida, was in commissioned from 1944 to 1947 and earned three battle stars for service in the Pacific during World War II...
- USS ShelikofUSS Shelikof (AVP-52)USS Shelikof was a United States Navy Barnegat-class small seaplane tender in commission from 1944 to 1947 and from 1952 to 1954.-Construction, commissioning, and shakedown:...
- USS SuisinUSS Suisun (AVP-53)USS Suisun was a United States Navy Barnegat-class small seaplane tender in commission from 1944 to 1955.-Construction, commissioning, and shakedown:...
- USS TimbalierUSS Timbalier (AVP-54)USS Timbalier was a Barnegat class seaplane tender of the United States Navy. She was commissioned shortly after the end of World War II, and served between 1946 and her decommissioning in 1954.- Construction and commissioning :...
- USS ValcourUSS Valcour (AVP-55)USS Valcour , later AGF-1, was a United States Navy ship in commission as a seaplane tender from 1946 to 1965 and as a flagship from 1965 to 1973.- Construction and commissioning :...
- USS WachapreagueUSS Wachapreague (AGP-8)USS Wachapreague was a motor torpedo boat tender that served in the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946.-Construction and deployment:...
- USS WillougbyUSS Willoughby (AGP-9)The second USS Willoughby was a motor torpedo boat tender that served in the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946.-Construction and Deployment:...
- USS Barnegat