USS Tanager (AM-385)
USCGC Tanager photographed in 1964
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Tanager |
Builder | American Ship Building Company, Lorain, Ohio |
Laid down | 29 March 1944 |
Launched | 9 December 1944 |
Commissioned | 28 July 1945 |
Decommissioned | 10 December 1954 |
Reclassified | MSF-385, 7 February 1955 |
Stricken | 1 November 1963 |
Fate | Transferred to the U.S. Coast Guard , 16 July 1964 |
Name | USCGS Tanager (WTR-885) |
Acquired | 16 July 1964 |
Decommissioned | 1 February 1972 |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 15 November 1972 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Auk-class minesweeper |
Displacement | 890 long tons (904 t) |
Length | 221 ft 3 in (67.44 m) |
Beam | 32 ft (9.8 m) |
Draft | 10 ft 9 in (3.28 m) |
Speed | 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
Complement | 100 officers and enlisted |
Armament |
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USS Tanager (AM-385) was an Auk-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.
Tanager was named after the tanager, any of the numerous American, passerine birds. The brightly colored males are unmusical and inhabit woodlands.
Tanager, a minesweeper and the second United States Navy warship with that name, was laid down at Lorain, Ohio, on 29 March 1944 by the American Ship Building Company; launched on 9 December 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Thomas Slingluff; and commissioned on 28 July 1945.
Operations with the 2nd Fleet
Tanager steamed via the
Operations with the 6th Fleet
On 2 September 1951, she departed
.Second Mediterranean tour of duty
In February 1952, Tanager returned to Charleston and resumed operations with the
First decommissioning
Following minesweeping exercises along the southeastern coast of the
Transfer to the U.S. Coast Guard
On 4 October 1963, Tanager was transferred to the
Decommissioning, sale and demise
She was decommissioned once more on 1 February 1972; and, on 15 November, she was sold to Mr. William A. Hardesty of
Film productions
The Tanager was used in the filming of the motion pictures
References
- ^ "USN Ships--USS Tanager (AM-385, later MSF-385)".
- ^ "Bob's Minesweeper".
- ^ Grimm, Ernie (September 13, 2007), "Port of Abandoned Boats", San Diego Reader, retrieved November 26, 2018
- 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 Tanager (AM-385/MSF-385) / USCGC Tanager (WTR-885) at NavSource Naval History
- Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945 AM-385 USS Tanager
- uboat.net - USS Tanager (AM-385)