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USS Killdeer (AMc-21)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Killdeer.
USS Killdeer (AMc-21) was a unique coastal 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.
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Ordered | as Vindicator |
Builder | Al Larson Boat Building |
Laid down | 1930 |
Launched | 1930 |
Acquired | 8 November 1940 |
Commissioned | 8 November 1940 |
Decommissioned | 12 September 1944 |
In service | 25 September 1944 |
Out of service | date unknown |
Stricken | 2 June 1945 |
Fate | Disposed of, 9 January 1946, fate unknown |
General characteristics | |
Type | Minesweeper |
Displacement | 275 tons |
Length | 105 ft 7 in (32.18 m) |
Beam | 22 ft 10 in (6.96 m) |
Draft | 9 ft 8 in (2.95 m) |
Speed | 10.0 knots |
Complement | 18 |
Armament | one .50 cal (12.7 mm) machine guns |
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Killdeer was originally built as a purse seiner in 1930 by Al Larson Boat Building, Los Angeles, California, with the name of Vindicator; rebuilt in 1940 by Harbor Boat Works, San Pedro, California; acquired by the Navy from her owner, Mr. Martin Trutanich, 8 November 1940; and placed in service the same day as Killdeer.