USN · AM
AfloatLapwing-class minesweeper, Minesweeper No. 26, later the tug AT-139. Commissioned at Bremerton on 5 June 1918. She swept the North Sea barrage in 1919 and was at Pearl Harbor by 1941. On 7 December Lieutenant Commander Francis Willis Beard was not aboard. Ensign R. W. Whalen had the duty. She fired 3-inch and .30 caliber from a buoy in the target basin and was not hit. She towed through the Solomons, New Guinea, Lingayen, and the Philippines, and was sold as a usable vessel in December 1946.
| Class | Lapwing class |
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| Type | Minesweeper (AM) |
| Hull | AM-26 |
| Builder | Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton |
| Launched | 1918-04-25 |
| Commissioned | 1918-06-05 |
| Fate | Afloat. Lapwing-class minesweeper, later the ocean tug AT-139 and ATO-139. At the Coal Docks on 7 December 1941. Her commanding officer was not aboard. She fired and was not hit. Decommissioned on 29 April 1946, struck on 15 August 1946, and delivered to the Crowley Launch and Tugboat Company on 23 December 1946. Six battle stars. |
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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 · at the Coal Docks; commanding officer not aboard; fired; not hit
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