Kamishak Bay
Encyclopedia
Kamishak Bay is a bay
on the coast of Alaska
in the United States
.
The proposed United States Navy
seaplane tender
USS Kamishak (AVP-44)
was named for Kamishak Bay, but the contract for the ship's construction was cancelled in 1943 before construction began.
Bay
A bay is an area of water mostly surrounded by land. Bays generally have calmer waters than the surrounding sea, due to the surrounding land blocking some waves and often reducing winds. Bays also exist as an inlet in a lake or pond. A large bay may be called a gulf, a sea, a sound, or a bight...
on the coast of Alaska
Alaska
Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
The proposed United States Navy
United States Navy
The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...
seaplane tender
Seaplane tender
A seaplane tender is a ship that provides facilities for operating seaplanes. These ships were the first aircraft carriers and appeared just before the First World War.-History:...
USS Kamishak (AVP-44)
USS Kamishak (AVP-44)
USS Kamishak was a proposed United States Navy seaplane tender that was never laid down.- Construction and commissioning :Kamishak was to have been one of 41 Barnegat-class small seaplane tenders the U.S. Navy planned to commission during the early 1940s, and was to have been built at Houghton,...
was named for Kamishak Bay, but the contract for the ship's construction was cancelled in 1943 before construction began.