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Swallow (AM 4)



Call sign:
George - Tare - Vice - King

ex-Minesweeper No. 4

Lapwing Class Minesweeper:

  • Laid down 18 March 1918 by the Todd Shipyard Corp., New York, NY
  • Launched 4 July 1918
  • Commissioned USS Swallow (Minesweeper No. 4), 8 October 1918
  • Designated AM-4 in 1920
  • Ran aground 19 February 1938 at Kanaga Island, Aleutian Islands, AK and was stranded
  • Decommissioned and struck from the Naval Register 5 May 1938.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 950 t.
  • Length 187' 10"
  • Beam 35' 6"
  • Draft 9' 9"
  • Speed 14 kts.
  • Complement 78
  • Armament: Two 3" guns
  • Propulsion: Two Babcock and Wilcox boilers, one triple expansion reciprocating steam engine, one shaft.
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    Swallow 102k Photo by Mickey Hawkins Marshall Hawkins
    Commanding Officers
    01LT Bennie Clark Philips, USN8 October 1918
    02LT Roy Melvin Cottrell, USN4 April 1922
    ??LT Peter John Gundlach, USN10 November 1922
    ??LT Orio Hugh Small, USN1930 - 1931
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler, Ron Reeves and Joe Radigan
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    Naval Minewarfare Association
    Association of Minemen
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