USS Absecon

Template:Italic title prefixed Two ships of the United States Navy have been named Absecon, after Absecon Inlet, located north of Atlantic City, New Jersey:

• 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

• , later WHEC-374

Sources

• Public Domain This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.