USS Bobolink (AM-20)
Lapwing-class minesweeper / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see USS Bobolink.
USS Bobolink (AM-20/AT-131/ATO-131) was a Lapwing-class minesweeper acquired by the United States Navy for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing.
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Name | USS Bobolink |
Builder | Baltimore Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company, Baltimore, Maryland |
Cost | $761,959 (hull & machinery)[1] |
Launched | 15 June 1918 |
Commissioned | 28 January 1919, as Minesweeper No.20 |
Decommissioned | 22 February 1946 |
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Honours and awards | 1 battle star (World War II) |
Fate | Sold, 5 October 1946 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Lapwing-class minesweeper |
Displacement | 950 long tons (965 t) |
Length | 187 ft 10 in (57.25 m) |
Beam | 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) |
Draft | 9 ft 9 in (2.97 m) |
Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
Complement | 72 |
Armament | 2 × 3 in (76 mm) guns |
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Bobolink was launched on 15 June 1918 by Baltimore Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company, in Baltimore, Maryland; sponsored by Miss Elsie Jean Willis; and commissioned 28 January 1919, with Lieutenant Frank Bruce in command.