Allied Warships

USS Matagorda (AVP 22)

Seaplane tender of the Barnegat class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Seaplane tender
Class	Barnegat
Pennant	AVP 22
Built by	Boston Navy Yard (Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.)
Ordered	12 Jun 1940
Laid down	6 Sep 1940
Launched	18 Mar 1941
Commissioned	16 Dec 1941
End service	20 Feb 1946
History	Decommissioned on 20 February 1946 Loaned to the United States Coast Guard and commissioned as USCGC Matagorda (WAVP-373) on 7 March 1949 Redesignated as high endurance cutter(WHEC-373) on 1 May 1966 Decommissioned by the Coast Guard and returned to USN in mid 1968 Stricken on 1 July 1968 Sunk as a target early in 1969

Commands listed for USS Matagorda (AVP 22)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Cdr. Stanley John Michael, USN	16 Dec 1941	1 Aug 1942 (1)
2	T/Cdr. Paul Chester Treadwell, USN	1 Aug 1942	15 Oct 1942
3	Lt.Cdr. Ernest Reide Perry, USN	15 Oct 1942	8 Nov 1942
4	T/Cdr. Lester Kimme Rice, USN	8 Nov 1942	13 Mar 1943
5	T/Cdr. Austin Wadsworth Wheelock, USN	13 Mar 1943	23 Nov 1943
6	Cdr. Andrew Crinkley, USN	23 Nov 1943	26 Jan 1945
7	T/Lt.Cdr. Louis Wilbur Mang, USN	26 Jan 1945	3 Aug 1945
8	Cdr. William Bartels, USNR	3 Aug 1945	20 Feb 1946

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Sources

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