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Old 09-08-2012, 07:28 AM   #3
Phaelen Bleux
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Default Re: [WWII] Currituck-class Seaplane Tender

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Originally Posted by johndallman View Post
Thanks for that -I'd always had the impression Norton Sound was a rather smaller ship.

Do you know if the design was based on any other ship class? It seems plausible that BuShips would have recycled a hull design if possible - they must have been very busy in 1941-42, and doing an original design for a small class seems like excessive work.
They were very similar to the Curtiss-class seaplane tenders from 1940.
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