USS Cormorant (AM-40)
Minesweeper of the United States Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see USS Cormorant.
USS Cormorant (AM-40) was an 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 Cormorant |
Builder | Todd Shipbuilding Corp., New York City |
Launched | 5 February 1919 |
Commissioned | 15 May 1919, as Minesweeper No.40 |
Decommissioned | 29 March 1946 |
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Honours and awards | 1 battle star (World War II) |
Fate | Sold, 8 January 1947; likely scrapped |
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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Cormorant was launched 5 February 1919 by Todd Shipbuilding Corp., New York City; sponsored by Miss M. E. Vellaire; and commissioned 15 May 1919.