USS Penguin (AM-33)
History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Penguin |
Builder | New Jersey Dry Dock and Transportation Co., Elizabethport, New Jersey |
Laid down | 17 November 1917 |
Launched | 12 June 1918 |
Commissioned | 21 November 1918, as Minesweeper No.33 |
Reclassified | AM-33, 17 July 1920 |
Fate | Scuttled, 8 December 1941 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Lapwing-class minesweeper |
Displacement | 1,009 long tons (1,025 t) full load |
Length | 187 ft 10 in (57.25 m) |
Beam | 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) |
Draft | 10 ft 4 in (3.15 m) |
Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
Complement | 78 |
Armament | 2 × 3 in (76 mm) guns |
USS Penguin (AM-33) was a Lapwing-class minesweeper acquired by the United States Navy, named after the bird.
Penguin was laid down on 17 November 1917 at the New Jersey Dry Dock and Transportation Co.,
North Sea minesweeping operations
Penguin, commissioned too late for service during
On 9 July a mine exploded in her kite, causing minor damage. In August, while laying buoys for the sixth sweeping operation, she suffered a similar explosion, with more severe results. Temporary repairs restored her to working condition until a lengthy repair and overhaul period at Chatham prepared her to sail homeward.
Pacific Ocean operations
Penguin returned to
Recommissioned on 13 October 1923, she was fitted out for temporary service as a
During the 1930s she performed various services for the administrators of Guam, including patrol and rescue missions in areas traversed by the newly established transpacific air routes. However, with increased political tension in the Far East, and increased possibilities for war, her patrol duties were stepped up and took on a more defensive posture.
World War II and sinking
Early on the morning of 8 December 1941 (7 December east of the
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 Penguin (AM-33) at NavSource Naval History
- USN Ships - USS Penguin (Minesweeper # 33, later AM-33)
- Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945 AM-33 USS Penguin