[P] USNS Muscogee Creek Nation (T-ATS-10) [P] (T-ATS-11) [P] (T-ATS-12) [P] Seaplane Tenders (AV) Ships which have functioned as seaplane tenders without the AV designation include the USS Mississippi (BB-23) in 1914, the USS Ajax (AG-15) in 1924-1925, and the USS Christiana (IX-80 / YAG-32) in WW2. Wright-class USS Wright (AV-1), ex-AZ-1, later AG-79 Jason-class USS Jason (AV-2), ex-AC-12 Langley-class USS Langley (AV-3), ex-AC-3, CV-1, scuttled Java Sea 27 February 1942 after air attack, 16 killed outright, possibly hundreds killed after rescue ship sunk Curtiss-class USS Curtiss (AV-4) USS Albemarle (AV-5), later T-ARVH-1 Patoka-class USS Patoka (AV-6), ex-AO–9, later AG–125 Currituck class USS Currituck (AV-7) USS Norton Sound (AV-11), later AVM-1 USS Pine Island (AV-12) USS Salisbury Sound (AV-13) Tangier-class USS Tangier (AV-8) USS Hobe Sound (AV-20), canceled while under construction 1944 Pocomoke-class USS Pocomoke (AV-9) Chandeleur-class USS Chandeleur (AV-10) Kenneth Whiting-class USS Kenneth Whiting (AV-14) USS Hamlin (AV-15) USS St George (AV-16) USS Cumberland Sound (AV-17) USS Townsend (AV-18), cancelled while under construction 1945 unknown class USS Calibogue (AV-19), canceled while under construction 1944 (AV-22), conversion from unassigned ship canceled (AV-23), conversion from unassigned ship canceled Ashland-class USS Ashland (AV-21), conversion from LSD-1 canceled 1959 Advance Aviation Base Ships (AVB, T-AVB) USS Alameda County (AVB-1), ex-LST-32 USS Tallahatchie County (AVB-2), ex-LST-1154 [A] USNS Curtiss (T-AVB-4) [A] Seaplane Catapult, Light (AVC) AVC-1 Destroyer Seaplane Tenders (AVD) Clemson-class , former AVP-14 , former AVP-15, later APD-27 , former AVP-16, later APD-33 , former AVP-17, later APD-31 , former AVP-18, later APD-32 , former AVP-19 , former AVP-20 , former DD-251, later APD-34 , former DD-255, later APD-35 , former DD-267 , former DD-270 , former DD-260 USS Greene (AVD-13), former DD-266, later APD-36 , former DD-237 Auxiliary aircraft escort vessels (AVG) The Auxiliary aircraft escort vessels (AVG) were redesignated Auxiliary aircraft carriers (ACV) and then Escort aircraft carriers (CVE). Guided Missile Ships (AVM) USS Norton Sound (AVM-1), ex-AV-11 Small Seaplane Tenders (AVP) Lapwing-class USS Lapwing (AVP-1), former AM-1 USS Heron (AVP-2), former AM-10 USS Thrush (AVP-3), former AM-18 USS Avocet (AVP-4), former AM-19 USS Teal (AVP-5), former AM-23 USS Pelican (AVP-6) , former AM-27 USS Swan (AVP-7), former AM-34 USS Gannet (AVP-8), former AM-41 USS Sandpiper (AVP-9), former AM-51 Clemson-class USS Childs (AVP-14), former DD-241, later AVD-1 USS Williamson (AVP-15), former DD-244, later AVD-2 USS George E. Badger (AVP-16), former DD-196, CG-16 (USCG), later AVD-3 USS Clemson (AVP-17), former DD-186, later