USS Curlew (AM-8)
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United States | |
Name | USS Curlew |
Builder | Staten Island Shipbuilding Company , New York |
Laid down | 1 April 1918 |
Launched | 29 August 1918 |
Commissioned | 7 January 1919, as Minesweeper No.8 |
Decommissioned | 28 February 1926 |
Reclassified | AM-8, 17 July 1920 |
Fate | Grounded on the rocks at Point Mosquito, Panama, 15 December 1925 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Lapwing-class minesweeper |
Displacement | 950 long tons (970 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 kn (16 mph; 26 km/h) |
Complement | 72 |
Armament | 2 × 3 in (76 mm) guns |
USS Curlew (AM-8) 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.
Curlew was launched on 29 August 1918 by
History
North Atlantic operations
Clearing Boston, Massachusetts on 5 April 1919, Curlew arrived at
East Coast operations
In commission from 29 December 1920 – 7 February 1921, Curlew served with the
Reassigned to the
Fate
On 15 December 1925, Curlew grounded on the rocks at Point Mosquitos, Panama. Determined efforts were made to save her, but the heavy surf broke her to pieces. Curlew was decommissioned on 28 February 1926, after all salvageable material was removed.
References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
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