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United States
Name	USS Kamishak (AVP-44)
Namesake	Kamishak Bay on the coast of Alaska
Builder	Lake Washington Shipyard, Houghton, Washington (proposed)
Laid down	Never
Fate	Construction contract cancelled 22 April 1943
General characteristics
Class and type	Barnegat-class small seaplane tender
Displacement	1,766 tons (light) 2,750 tons (full load)
Length	311 ft 8 in (95.00 m)
Beam	41 ft 1 in (12.52 m)
Draught	13 ft 6 in (4.11 m)
Installed power	6,000 horsepower (4.48 megawatts)
Propulsion	Diesel engines, two shafts
Speed	18.6 knots (34.4 km/h)
Complement	215 (ship's company) 367 (including aviation unit)
Sensors and processing systems	Radar; sonar
Armament	Probably either 2 x 5-inch (127 mm) 38-caliber guns, 4 x 20-mm antiaircraft guns, and 2 x depth charge tracks, or 1 x 5-inch (127 mm) 38-caliber gun, 1 x quadruple 40-mm antiaircraft gun mount, 2 x twin 40-mm gun mounts, 6 x 20-mm antiaircraft guns, and 2 x depth charge tracks
Aviation facilities	Supplies, spare parts, fuel, repairs, and berthing for one seaplane squadron; 80,000 US gallons (300,000 L) aviation fuel

USS Kamishak (AVP-44) 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, Washington, by the Lake Washington Shipyard. However, by the spring of 1943 the Navy deemed that number of seaplane tenders excess to requirements, and decided to complete four of them as motor torpedo boat tenders and one as a catapult training ship. In addition, the Navy also decided to cancel six of the Barnegat-class ships prior to their construction, freeing up the diesel engines that would have powered them for use in escort vessels and amphibious landing craft.

Kamishak became one of the first four ships to be cancelled when the Navy cancelled its contract with Lake Washington Shipyard for her construction on 22 April 1943.

References

•  This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
• NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive Small Seaplane Tender (AVP) Index

v t e Barnegat-class seaplane tenders
United States Navy	Completed as small seaplane tender (AVP) Barataria Barnegat Bering Strait Biscayne Casco Castle Rock Chincoteague Cook Inlet Corson Coos Bay Duxbury Bay Floyds Bay Gardiners Bay Greenwich Bay Half Moon Humboldt Mackinac Matagorda Onslow Orca Rehoboth Rockaway San Carlos San Pablo Shelikof Suisun Timbalier Unimak Valcour Yakutat Completed as motor torpedo boat tender (AGP) Mobjack Oyster Bay Wachapreague Willoughby Completed as catapult training ship (AVP) Absecon Canceled (April 1943) Hatteras Hempstead Kamishak Magothy Matanzas Metomkin Converted to command ship Biscayne Valcour Converted to survey ship Josiah Willard Gibbs Rehoboth San Pablo
Post-World War II operators  United States Coast Guard Casco-class cutters Absecon Barataria Bering Strait Castle Rock Cook Inlet Dexter Casco Chincoteague Coos Bay Gresham Half Moon Humboldt Mackinac Matagorda McCulloch Rockaway Unimak Yakutat United States Coast and Geodetic Survey Pioneer  Ethiopian Navy Ethiopia Greek merchant marine Artemis Artemis K Golden Princess Kentavros Kypros Myconos Rodos  Hellenic Navy Hephaistas  Italian Navy Pietro Cavezzale  Royal Norwegian Navy Haakon VII  Philippine Navy Andrés Bonifacio-class frigates Andrés Bonifacio Diego Silang Francisco Dagohoy Gregorio del Pilar  Republic of Vietnam Navy Trần Quang Khải-class frigates Lý Thường Kiệt Ngô Quyền Phạm Ngũ Lão Trần Bình Trọng Trần Nhật Duật Trần Quang Khải Trần Quốc Toản  Vietnam People's Navy Phạm Ngũ Lão
Preceded by: Curtiss class Followed by: Currituck class
List of auxiliaries of the United States Navy

• Cancelled ships of the United States Navy
• Barnegat-class seaplane tenders
• Ships built at Lake Washington Shipyard