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USS Robin (AM-3)
Minesweeper of the United States Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see USS Robin.
"AM-3" redirects here. For the jet engine, see Mikulin AM-3.
USS Robin (AM-3) was an Lapwing-class minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing.[1]
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Name | USS Robin |
Builder | Todd Shipyard Co., New York |
Laid down | 4 March 1918 |
Launched | 17 June 1918 |
Commissioned | 29 August 1918 |
Decommissioned | 9 November 1945 |
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Stricken | 28 November 1945 |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 1945 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Lapwing-class minesweeper |
Displacement | 1,009 long tons (1,025 t) full |
Length | 187 ft 10 in (57.25 m) |
Beam | 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) |
Draft | 10 ft 4 in (3.15 m) |
Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
Complement | 78 |
Armament | 2 × 3 in (76 mm) guns |
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Robin was named, by the U.S. Navy for the American Robin (Turdus migratorius), a North American thrush with a red breast.[1]
Robin (Minesweeper No. 3) was laid down 4 March 1918 by the Todd Shipyard Corp., New York; launched 17 June 1918; sponsored by Miss Bessie Veronica Callaghan; and commissioned 29 August 1918.[1]