USS Wright (AV-1)

USS Wright (AZ-1) at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, April 1927
History
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	AV-1 (Aircraft Tender), 2 December 1926 AG-79 (Miscellaneous Auxiliary), 1 October 1944
Stricken	1 July 1946
Honours and awards	2 battle stars (World War II)
Fate	Transferred to Maritime Commission, 21 September 1946 Sold for scrapping, 19 August 1948
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	1 × General Electric turbine, 3,000 shp (2,237 kW) 1 shaft
Speed	15.3 knots (28.3 km/h; 17.6 mph)
Complement	228 officers and men
Armament	2 × 5"/38 caliber guns 2 × 3"/50 caliber guns 2 × machine guns
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.