Barnegat-class seaplane tender

	USS Barnegat (AVP-10), lead ship of the Barnegat-class small seaplane tenders, in Puget Sound on 14 October 1941
Class overview
Name	Barnegat
Builders	Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington (4 ships); Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts (2 ships); Lake Washington Shipyard, Houghton, Washington (24 ships); Puget Sound Navy Yard and Lake Washington Shipyard (1 ship); Associated Shipbuilders, Inc., Seattle, Washington (4 ships);
Operators	United States Navy; United States Coast Guard; United States Coast and Geodetic Survey; Ethiopian Navy; Hellenic Navy; Italian Navy; Royal Norwegian Navy; Philippine Navy; Vietnam People's Navy; Republic of Vietnam Navy;
Preceded by	Lapwing class
Succeeded by	None
Built	October 1939-July 1946
In commission	July 1941-January 1973
Planned	41
Completed	35 total; 30 as seaplane tenders; 4 as motor torpedo boat tenders; 1 as catapult training ship;
Cancelled	6
Lost	0
Retired	35
Preserved	0
General characteristics
Class and type	Barnegat-class small seaplane tender
Displacement	2,040 tons standard; 2,551 tons full load;
Length	310 ft 9 in (94.72 m) overall; 300 ft 0 in (91.44 m) (waterline);
Beam	41 ft 1 in (12.52 m)
Draft	12 ft 5 in (3.78 m) full
Installed power	6,000 to 6,080 horsepower (4.48 to 4.54 MW)
Propulsion	Diesel engine, two shafts
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h) 23 mph
Range	6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h) 13.5 mph
Capacity	80,000 US gallons (300,000 L) aviation fuel
Complement	215 (ship's company); 367 (including aviation unit);
Sensors and ; processing systems	Radar, sonar
Armament	Designed: 2 × 5-inch (127-millimeter) guns; Assigned 1942 (rarely fully installed): 4 × 5-inch (127-mm) guns, 8 × 20 mm antiaircraft guns, plus in some units 2 × depth charge racks; 1944: Either 2 × 5-inch (127-mm) guns and 4 × 20 mm antiaircraft guns or 1 × 5-inch (127-mm) gun, 1 × quadruple 40 mm antiaircraft gun mount, 2 × twin 40 mm gun mounts, and 6 × 20 mm antiaircraft guns (also Mousetrap aboard Coos Bay only).;
Aviation facilities	Supplies, fuel, berthing, and repairs for one squadron of seaplanes

The Barnegat class was a large class of United States Navy small seaplane tenders (AVP) built during World War II. Thirty were completed as seaplane tenders, four as motor torpedo boat tenders, and one as a catapult training ship.

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