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USS Thrush (AM-18)
Minesweeper of the United States Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see USS Thrush.
USS Thrush (AM-18) 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 Thrush |
Builder | Pusey and Jones Co., Wilmington, Delaware |
Laid down | 27 May 1918 |
Launched | 15 September 1918 |
Commissioned | 25 April 1919, as Minesweeper No.18 |
Decommissioned | 3 April 1922 |
Reclassified | AM-18, 17 July 1920 |
Recommissioned | 31 October 1935 |
Decommissioned | 13 December 1945 |
Reclassified | AVP-3, 22 January 1936 |
Stricken | 8 January 1946 |
Fate | Sold, 21 August 1946 |
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 | 8 ft 10 in (2.69 m) |
Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
Complement | 85 |
Armament | 2 × 3 in (76 mm) guns |
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Thrush (Minesweeper No. 18) was laid down on 27 May 1918 at Wilmington, Delaware, by Pusey and Jones Co.; launched on 15 September 1918; sponsored by Mrs. J. E. Taylor; and commissioned on 25 April 1919.