Editing (section) USCGC Dexter (WAVP-385) 0 You are not logged in. The rich text editor does not work with JavaScript switched off. Please either enable it in your browser options, or visit your preferences to switch to the old MediaWiki editor <h2>Construction and U.S. Navy service</h2> <div class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" data-rte-instance="104-11013305255df30e7684a88" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7Bmain%7CUSS%20Biscayne%20%28AVP-11%29%7D%7D%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%221%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22main%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%7D" contenteditable="false">​​</div> <p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1"><i>Dexter</i> began life as the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22United%20States%20Navy%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22United%20States%20Navy%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BUnited%20States%20Navy%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="104-11013305255df30e7684a88" href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22%3Ci%3EBarnegat%3C%5C%2Fi%3E-class%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Barnegat%20class%20small%20seaplane%20tender%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BBarnegat%20class%20small%20seaplane%20tender%7C%27%27Barnegat%27%27-class%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="104-11013305255df30e7684a88" class="new" title="Barnegat class small seaplane tender (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvQmFybmVnYXRfY2xhc3Nfc21hbGxfc2VhcGxhbmVfdGVuZGVyP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ=="><i>Barnegat</i>-class</a> <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22seaplane%20tender%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22seaplane%20tender%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bseaplane%20tender%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="104-11013305255df30e7684a88" href="/wiki/Seaplane_tender" title="Seaplane tender">seaplane tender</a> <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22USS%20%3Ci%3EBiscayne%3C%5C%2Fi%3E%20%28AVP-11%29%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22USS%20Biscayne%20%28AVP-11%29%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BUSS%20Biscayne%20%28AVP-11%29%7CUSS%20%27%27Biscayne%27%27%20%28AVP-11%29%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="104-11013305255df30e7684a88" href="/wiki/USS_Biscayne_(AVP-11)" title="USS Biscayne (AVP-11)">USS <i>Biscayne</i> (AVP-11)</a>. She was laid down on 27 October 1939 by <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Puget%20Sound%20Navy%20Yard%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Puget%20Sound%20Navy%20Yard%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BPuget%20Sound%20Navy%20Yard%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="104-11013305255df30e7684a88" href="/wiki/Puget_Sound_Navy_Yard" title="Puget Sound Navy Yard" class="mw-redirect">Puget Sound Navy Yard</a> at Bremerton, Washington, launched on 23 May 1941, and commissioned into the U.S. Navy on 3 July 1941. She operated as a seaplane tender in the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, West Africa, and <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22North%20Africa%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22North%20Africa%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BNorth%20Africa%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="104-11013305255df30e7684a88" href="/wiki/North_Africa" title="North Africa">North Africa</a> during the first half of <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22World%20War%20II%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22World%20War%20II%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BWorld%20War%20II%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="104-11013305255df30e7684a88" href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. Converted into an <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22amphibious%20force%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Amphibious%20warfare%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BAmphibious%20warfare%7Camphibious%20force%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="104-11013305255df30e7684a88" href="/wiki/Amphibious_warfare" title="Amphibious warfare">amphibious force</a> <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22flagship%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22flagship%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bflagship%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="104-11013305255df30e7684a88" href="/wiki/Flagship" title="Flagship">flagship</a> and redesignated AGC-18 in 1943, <i>Biscayne</i> served in the Mediterranean in 1943–1944, seeing action in the amphibious landings in <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Operation%20Avalanche%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Operation%20Avalanche%20%28World%20War%20II%29%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BOperation%20Avalanche%20%28World%20War%20II%29%7COperation%20Avalanche%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="104-11013305255df30e7684a88" href="/wiki/Operation_Avalanche_(World_War_II)" title="Operation Avalanche (World War II)" class="mw-redirect">Operation Avalanche</a> at Salerno, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Operation%20Shingle%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Operation%20Shingle%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BOperation%20Shingle%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="104-11013305255df30e7684a88" href="/wiki/Operation_Shingle" title="Operation Shingle">Operation Shingle</a> at Anzio, and <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Operation%20Dragoon%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Operation%20Dragoon%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BOperation%20Dragoon%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="104-11013305255df30e7684a88" href="/wiki/Operation_Dragoon" title="Operation Dragoon">Operation Dragoon</a> in southern France. She then served in the Pacific in 1945, serving at <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Iwo%20Jima%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Iwo%20Jima%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BIwo%20Jima%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="104-11013305255df30e7684a88" href="/wiki/Iwo_Jima" title="Iwo Jima">Iwo Jima</a>, in the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Okinawa%20campaign%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Okinawa%20campaign%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BOkinawa%20campaign%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="104-11013305255df30e7684a88" href="/wiki/Okinawa_campaign" title="Okinawa campaign" class="mw-redirect">Okinawa campaign</a>, and in the Philippines before the war ended. Postwar, she served in Korea and China. 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