USS Woodcock
Minesweeper of the United States Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see Woodcock (disambiguation) § Military.
USS Woodcock (AM-14) 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 Woodcock |
Builder | Merchant Shipbuilding Corporation, Chester, Pennsylvania |
Laid down | 19 October 1917 |
Launched | 12 May 1918 |
Commissioned | 19 February 1919, as Minesweeper No. 14 |
Decommissioned | 30 September 1946 |
Reclassified |
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Stricken | 23 April 1947 |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 19 December 1947 |
General characteristics | |
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 10 in (3.00 m) |
Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
Complement | 85 |
Armament | 2 × 3 in (76 mm) guns |
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Woodcock was named, by the U.S. Navy, for the woodcock, a game bird that frequents wooded areas.
Woodcock (Minesweeper No. 14) was laid down on 19 October 1917 at Chester, Pennsylvania, by the Chester Shipbuilding Co.; launched on 12 May 1918; sponsored by Mrs. Lewis T. Kniskern; and commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 19 February 1919.