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USS Partridge (AM-16)
Minesweeper of the United States Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"AM-16" redirects here. For the failed July 1959 launch of a Juno II rocket, see S-1 (satellite).
For other ships with the same name, see USS Partridge.
USS Partridge (AM-16) 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 Partridge |
Builder | Chester Shipbuilding Co., Chester, Pennsylvania |
Laid down | 14 May 1918 |
Launched | 15 October 1918 |
Commissioned | 17 June 1919, as Minesweeper No.16 |
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Stricken | 29 July 1944 |
Fate | Sunk by torpedo, 11 June 1944 |
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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 kn (16 mph; 26 km/h) |
Complement | 72 |
Armament | 2 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 cal dual purpose guns |
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Partridge was named after the partridge, any of various gallinaceous birds, such as the ruffed grouse or bob-white quail, found in North America.
Partridge was laid down on 14 May 1918 by the Chester Shipbuilding Co., Chester, Pennsylvania:[1] launched on 15 October 1918; sponsored by Ms. C. H. McCay; and commissioned on 17 June 1919.