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 |
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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