USS Rehoboth (AVP 50)

- later AGS 50 -
- decommissioned -

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USS REHOBOTH was a BARNEGAT - class small seaplane tender and the second ship in the Navy to bear the name. Initially commissioned with three 5-inch/38 caliber guns, this number was reduced to one gun in early 1945. Decommissioned on June 30, 1947, she commenced conversion to a survey ship the following year and served as survey ship USS REHOBOTH (AGS 50) until 1970.

General Characteristics:	Keel laid: August 3, 1942
	Launched: November 8, 1942
	Commissioned: February 23, 1944
	Decommissioned: June 30, 1947
	Builder: Lake Washington Shipyard, Houghton, Wash.
	Propulsion system: four Diesel engines, 6,080 shaft horsepower
	Propellers: two
	Length: 310 feet (94.5 meters)
	Beam: 41.2 feet (12.5 meters)
	Draft: 13.6 feet (4.1 meters)
	Displacement: approx. 2,800 tons full load
	Speed: 18 knots
	Armament: one 5-inch/38 caliber gun, one quad 40mm gun, two twin 40mm guns, four twin 20mm guns, two depth charge tracks
	Crew: 14 officers and 201 enlisted Seaplane Squadron Accommodations: 59 officers and 93 enlisted

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Crew List:

This section contains the names of sailors who served aboard USS REHOBOTH. It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information.

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USS REHOBOTH History:

USS REHOBOTH was laid down 3 August 1942 by Lake Washington Shipyards, Houghton, Wash.; launched 8 November 1942; sponsored by Mrs. R. P. McConnell; and commissioned 23 February 1944, Comdr. Robert Crawford Warrack in command.

Following shakedown off San Diego, REHOBOTH transited the Panama Canal 25 April 1944 and reached Norfolk 14 May. Three days later she sailed for Casablanca carrying men and cargo of Blimp Squadron 14. Returning to Norfolk 9 June, she carried cargo and personnel for FAirWing 7 in Britain, 8 July to 9 August, then sailed south to Recife reporting to ComFAirWing 16 for duty 31 August. She transported passengers and cargo between various Brazilian ports until 15 January 1945 when she departed Natal for Bristol, England, carrying personnel and cargo for ComFAirWing 7. On 14 February she returned to Norfolk, whence, until mid-June, she carried men and equipment to Bristol and Avonmouth in England.

REHOBOTH retransited the Panama Canal 18 August, and after calls at San Diego and Pearl Harbor she arrived off Okinawa 2 October. There for 2 weeks she tended planes of air-sea rescue squadron 6 (VH-6), then steamed to Jinsen, Korea, where she took command of a seadrome, and tended planes of VPB-20. In mid-November she crossed the Yellow Sea, and from 18 November-21 December tended a detachment of VH-6. On Christmas Day she arrived at Shanghai to tend VH-1 and VPB-25 planes. On 25 January REHOBOTH got underway for Nagoya, Japan, thence proceeded to Kobe 17 February where she set up an auxiliary seadrome area. On 24 March she arrived at Sasebo where she assumed seadrome control.

REHOBOTH continued to serve in Japanese waters until August when she returned briefly to the Chinese coast, then operated off Australia and in the Philippines. In November she returned to Japan whence she sailed east in 1947. Arriving at San Diego 18 March, she continued on, transited the Panama Canal at the end of the month, and reached Philadelphia, 9 April. Decommissioned 30 June 1947, she commenced conversion to a survey ship the following year and served as a survey ship from 1948 to 1970.

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