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ONI 222 |
Tonnage |
840 tons standard displacement |
Dimensions |
187'9" by 35'5" by 15' |
Maximum speed |
14 knots |
Complement |
75 |
Armament |
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Machinery |
1-shaft triple expansion
reciprocating (1400 shp) 2 boilers |
Bunkerage |
210 tons |
The Lapwings were
steel-hulled oceangoing
minesweepers
capable of offensive minesweeping. They were quite old, having
been
completed around 1919.
A number of these ships had been converted to
other types by the time war broke out.
Crippled by aircraft
1941-12-8 at Apra and
scuttled |
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Crippled by aircraft 1941-12-10 at Cavite and scuttled | ||
Crippled by aircraft 1942-5-5 at Corregidor and scuttled | ||
Seaplane tender
conversion |
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Port Ciego, Philippines |
Seaplane tender conversion | |
Net tender conversion |
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Teal |
Aleutian Islands |
Seaplane tender conversion |
Recommissioned 1942-2-12 (San Diego)
|
Salvage ship
conversion |
|
Discoverer |
Recommissioned 1942-2-16 (Seattle) |
Salvage ship conversion |
Arrived 1945-5-12 |
Tugboat
conversion |
References
NavSource.org (accessed 2009-12-18)
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