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Casco-class cutter
The ''Casco'' class was a large class of United States Coast Guard cutters in commission from the late 1940s through the late 1980s.〔''Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946'', p. 157〕 They saw service as weather reporting ships in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans until the early 1970s, and some saw combat service during the Vietnam War.
==Design==
Between 1941 and 1946, the United States Navy acquired 35 ''Barnegat''-class small seaplane tenders, designated "AVP" in the Navys alphanumeric hull numbering system and designed to logistically and administratively support a squadron of flying boats operating from undeveloped areas and, with a substantial anti-air, antisurface, and antisubmarine capability, to escort larger seaplane tenders. Most of them served during World War II, although even during the war the Navy determined the number of ''Barnegat''s to be surplus to requirements; as a result, one was completed as a catapult training ship for Navy floatplane pilots (retaining its "AVP" designation) and four were converted during construction into motor torpedo boat tenders, redesignated "AGP".〔''Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946'', p. 157〕
After World War II, the Navy had a surplus of seaplane tenders, and the Coast Guard was looking for ships to serve on ocean stations in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans on weather-reporting duties, also performing law enforcement and search and rescue operations as required. The ''Barnegat''s were reliable, long-ranged, and seaworthy, and had good habitability,〔''Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946'', p. 157〕 and, suitably modified, were good candidates to meet the Coast Guards requirements; in the words of the Coast Guards assessment of the ''Barnegat''s, "The workmanship on the vessel is generally quite superior to that observed on other vessels constructed during the war. The vessel has ample space for stores, living accommodations, ships, offices and recreational facilities. The main engine system is excellent. . . .The performance of the vessel in moderate to heavy seas is definitely superior to that of any other cutter. This vessel can be operated at higher speed without storm damage than other Coast Guard vessels."〔U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Web site (at http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/Casco1949.asp)〕
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