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USS Heron (AM-10)
Minesweeper of the United States Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see USS Heron.
"AVP-2" redirects here. For other uses, see Avp2.
USS Heron (AM-10) 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 Heron |
Builder | Standard Shipbuilding Co., New York |
Launched | 18 May 1918, as Minesweeper No.10 |
Commissioned | 30 October 1918 |
Decommissioned | 6 April 1922 |
Recommissioned | 18 December 1924 as AVP-2 |
Decommissioned | 12 February 1946 |
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Honours and awards | 4 battle stars and the Navy Unit Commendation (World War II) |
Fate | Transferred to the State Department (Foreign Liquidation Commission) in July 1947 for disposal. |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Lapwing-class minesweeper |
Displacement | 840 long tons (853 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 | 78 |
Armament | 2 × 3 in (76 mm) guns |
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Heron was named by the U.S Navy after the heron, a long-necked, long-legged wading bird indigenous to Louisiana and the vast coastal marshes.
Heron was launched 18 May 1918 by the Standard Shipbuilding Co.; sponsored by Miss Astrid Rundquist, daughter of the minesweeper's prospective commanding officer; and commissioned 30 October 1918.