USS Pigeon (ASR-6)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Pigeon.
The first USS Pigeon (AM-47/ASR-6) was a Lapwing-class minesweeper of the United States Navy. She was later converted to a submarine rescue ship. She was named for the avian ambassador, the pigeon.
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Name | USS Pigeon |
Namesake | Pigeon |
Operator | United States Navy |
Laid down | 15 June 1918 |
Launched | 29 January 1919 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Joseph B. Provance |
Commissioned | 15 July 1919 |
Reclassified | AM-47 on 17 July 1920 |
Decommissioned | 25 April 1922 |
Recommissioned | 13 October 1923 |
Reclassified | ASR-6 on 12 September 1929 |
Fate | Sunk 4 May 1942 |
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 9 in (2.97 m) |
Installed power | 1,400 ihp (1,000 kW) |
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Speed | 14 kn (16 mph; 26 km/h) |
Complement | 72 |
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