USS Oyster Bay
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USS Oyster Bay (AGP-6), originally and later AVP-28, was a United States Navy motor torpedo boat tender in commission from 1943 to 1946. She saw service in World War II.
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United States | |
Name | USS Oyster Bay (AGP-6) |
Namesake | Oyster Bay, New York |
Builder | Lake Washington Shipyard, Houghton, Washington |
Laid down | April 17, 1942 |
Launched | September 17, 1942 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. William K. Harrill |
Reclassified | AGP-6, May 1, 1943 |
Commissioned | November 17, 1943 |
Decommissioned | March 26, 1946 |
Stricken | April 12, 1946 |
Reinstated | January 4, 1949 |
Reclassified | AVP-28, March 16, 1949 |
Stricken | unknown |
Fate | Transferred to Marina Militare, October 23, 1957 |
History | |
Italy | |
Name | Pietro Cavezzale (A 5301) |
Namesake | Pietro Cavezzale, a Silver Medal of Military Valor recipient |
Acquired | October 23, 1957 |
Decommissioned | October 1993 |
Stricken | March 31, 1994 |
Fate | Sold for scrapping, February 1996 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Barnegat-class small seaplane tender, converted during construction into motor torpedo boat 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 engine, two shafts |
Speed | 18.6 knots |
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Sensors and processing systems | Radar; sonar |
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From 1957 to 1993, the former Oyster Bay served in the Italian Navy as the special forces tender Pietro Cavezzale (A 5301).