USS Cardinal (AM-6)
Minesweeper of the United States Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see USS Cardinal.
USS Cardinal (AM-6) was a Lapwing-class minesweeper in the United States Navy. She was named after the cardinal bird.
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Name | USS Cardinal |
Builder | Staten Island Shipbuilding Company., New York |
Launched | 29 March 1918 |
Commissioned | 23 August 1918, as Minesweeper No.6 |
Reclassified | AM-6, 17 July 1920 |
Fate | Grounded on a reef and sank, 6 June 1923 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Lapwing-class minesweeper |
Displacement | 950 long tons (970 t) full |
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 kn (16 mph; 26 km/h) |
Complement | 78 |
Armament | 2 × 3 in (76 mm) guns |
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Cardinal was launched 29 March 1918 by Staten Island Shipbuilding Co., New York; sponsored by Ms. I. Nelson; and commissioned on 23 August 1918 as Minesweeper No.6.