title: USS Absecon
text: # USS Absecon
  
  Two ships of the United States Navy have been named Absecon, after Absecon Inlet, located north of Atlantic City, New Jersey:
  
  * USS Absecon (ID-3131) was a single-screw, steel-hulled freighter built in 1918, which saw less than one month of non-commissioned service in October–November 1918
  * USS Absecon (AVP-23) was a Barnegat-class seaplane tender in commission as a catapult training ship from 1943 to 1947
  