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USS Absecon

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Two ships of the United States Navy have been named Absecon, after Absecon Inlet, located north of Atlantic City, New Jersey:

  • USS Absecon (ID-3131) was a single-screw, steel-hulled freighter built in 1918, which saw less than one month of non-commissioned service in October–November 1918
  • USS Absecon (AVP-23), was a Barnegat-class seaplane tender in commission as a catapult training ship from 1943 to 1947
    • See also
  • USCGC Absecon (WAVP-374), later WHEC-374

    • References

    USS Absecon Wikipedia
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