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:
, was a Barnegat-class seaplane tender in commission as a catapult training ship from 1943 to 1947
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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
, was a Barnegat-class seaplane tender in commission as a catapult training ship from 1943 to 1947
See also
- USCGC Absecon (WAVP-374)USCGC Absecon (WAVP-374)USCGC Absecon , later WHEC-374, was a Casco-class United States Coast Guard Cutter in service from 1949 to 1972.-Construction and U.S. Navy service:...
, later WHEC-374