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USS Teal
Minesweeper of the United States Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the fishery patrol boat, see USFS Teal.
USS Teal (AM-23/AVP-5) was a Lapwing-class minesweeper acquired by the United States Navy for the task of removing naval mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing. The ship entered service in 1918, was converted into a seaplane tender in the 1920s and took part in World War II, serving primarily in Alaskan waters. Following the war, the ship was decommissioned and sold in 1948. Teal was named after the teal, any of several small, short-necked, river ducks common to Europe and the Americas.
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Name | USS Teal |
Builder | Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Chester, Pennsylvania |
Laid down | 8 October 1917 |
Launched | 25 May 1918 |
Commissioned | 20 August 1918, as Minesweeper No.23 |
Decommissioned | 23 November 1945 |
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Stricken | 5 December 1945 |
Fate | Sold, 19 January 1948 |
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 | 10 ft 3 in (3.12 m) |
Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
Complement | 85 |
Armament | 2 × 3 in (76 mm) guns |
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