USN · AM
SunkLapwing-class minesweeper, Minesweeper No. 43, later the tug AT-134. Commissioned at Brooklyn on 1 May 1919. She swept the North Sea, was station ship at St. Thomas, and towed Constitution around both coasts from 1931 to 1934. On 7 December 1941 she was in the yard at Pearl Harbor with her 3-inch guns dismantled. DANFS credits her with one plane, and there is no action report on the ships-present page to check that claim against. She grounded in the Fijis on 6 December 1942, and a hurricane destroyed her on 1 and 2 January 1943.
| Class | Lapwing class |
|---|---|
| Type | Minesweeper (AM) |
| Hull | AM-43 |
| Builder | Staten Island Steam Boat Co. |
| Launched | 1918-12-17 |
| Commissioned | 1919-05-01 |
| Fate | Sunk. Lapwing-class minesweeper, later the tug AT-134. In yard availability at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. DANFS says her 3-inch guns were dismantled and credits her with one plane. No action report was on the Navy's ships-present page. She grounded at Vuata Vatoa, Fiji, on 6 December 1942 while trying to free the steamer Thomas A. Edison. A hurricane destroyed both ships on 1 and 2 January 1943. Struck on 28 July 1943. She was not sunk by enemy action. One battle star. DANFS prints the tug reclassification as 1 June 1941. NavSource prints 1 June 1942, which agrees with her still being AM-43 on the morning of the attack. |
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Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
Command
Attack on Pearl Harbor
1941-12-07 · in the yard; 3-inch guns dismantled; not recorded as hit
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