USS Cockatoo (AMc-8)
-_Inboard_Profile_-_NARA_-_78116483.jpg) USS Cockatoo inboard profile drawing
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Cockatoo |
| Builder | Seattle Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Seattle , Washington |
| Launched | 1936, as Vashon |
| Acquired | 23 October 1940 |
| Commissioned | 25 April 1941, as USS Cockatoo (AMc-8) |
| Fate | Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 23 September 1946. Fate unknown. |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Coastal minesweeper |
| Displacement | 185 long tons (188 t) |
| Length | 88 ft (27 m) |
| Beam | 23 ft 4 in (7.11 m) |
| Draft | 8 ft 11 in (2.72 m) |
| Propulsion | 1 × 240 bhp (179 kW) Atlas 4HM 2124 shaft |
| Speed | 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) |
| Complement | 17 |
| Armament | 1 × .50 cal (12.7 mm) machine gun |
USS Cockatoo was a coastal
Seattle, Washington, which was acquired by the United States Navy
on 23 October 1940 and commissioned as USS Cockatoo (AMc-8), on 25 April 1941.
Cockatoo was placed in service on 25 April 1941 and operated in the
Maritime Commission
for disposal on 23 September 1946.
References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
External links
- Photo gallery of USS Cockatoo at NavSource Naval History