USS Wright (AV-1)
USS Wright (AZ-1) at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, April 1927 | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | Wright |
| Namesake | Orville Wright |
| Builder | American International Shipbuilding Corporation, Hog Island, Pennsylvania |
| Yard number | 680 |
| Laid down | 5 February 1919 as Skaneateles |
| Launched | 28 April 1920 |
| Completed | 16 December 1921 |
| Commissioned | 16 December 1921, as AZ-1 |
| Decommissioned | 21 June 1946 |
| Renamed | San Clemente (AG-79), 1 February 1945 |
| Reclassified |
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| Stricken | 1 July 1946 |
| Honours & awards | 2 battle stars (World War II) |
| Fate |
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| General characteristics | |
| Type | Seaplane tender |
| Displacement | 11,500 long tons (11,685 t) full load |
| Length | 448 ft (137 m) |
| Beam | 58 ft (18 m) |
| Draft | 23 ft (7.0 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 15.3 knots (28.3 km/h; 17.6 mph) |
| Complement | 228 officers and men |
| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | F5L and Curtiss NC-10 seaplanes |
USS Wright (AZ-1/AV-1) was a one-of-a-kind auxiliary ship in the United States Navy, named for aviation pioneer Orville Wright. Originally built as a kite balloon tender, she was converted into a seaplane tender after kite balloons were no longer used.