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Oriole (AT[O] 136)



Call sign:
Nan - Zebra - Oboe - Peter

ex-AT-136
ex-AM-7



Call sign (1939):
Negat - King - Victor - Mike

ex-Minesweeper No. 7



Call sign (1919):
George - Tare - Sail - Pup
Lapwing Class Minesweeper:

  • Laid down 6 March 1918 by the Staten Island Shipbuilding Co., Port Richmond, Staten Island, NY
  • Launched 3 July 1918
  • Commissioned USS Oriole, Minesweeper No. 7, 5 November 1918
  • Designated AM-7, 17 July 1920
  • Decommissioned 3 May 1922 at Pearl Harbor, HI
  • Placed in ordinary commission 2 May 1938 at Mare Island, CA
  • Placed in full commission 15 August 1938
  • Reclassified as an Ocean Tug,AT-136, 1 June 1942
  • Reclassified as an Ocean Tug (Old), AT(O)-136, 15 May 1944
  • Decommissioned 6 February 1946
  • Struck from the Navy Register 12 March 1946
  • Delivered to the Maritime Commission 6 January 1947 and sold to M. E. Baker of Kilisut Harbor, WA
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 950 t.
    1944 - 1,350 t.
  • Length 187' 10"
  • Beam 35' 6"
  • Draft 10' 3"
    1944 - 13' 1"
  • Speed 14 kts.
    1944 - 11.2 kts.
  • Complement 62
    1944 - 75
  • Armament: Two 3" guns and two machine guns
    1944 - One 40mm mount
  • Propulsion: Two Babcock and Wilcox boilers, one triple expansion reciprocating steam engine, one shaft
    1944 - Two 200psi saturated steam Babcock and Wilcox headerboilers, one 1,400shp Harlan and Hollingsworth vertical triple expansion reciprocating steam engine.
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    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    Oriole (AM 7)
    Pigeon 121k Minesweepers laid up at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory. View taken circa 1922 or somewhat later, showing several minesweepers laid up in reserve at the end of 1010 Dock. Identifiable ships at left include Oriole, with USS Pigeon (AM-47) inboard of her. USS Pelican (AM-27) is the outboard ship in the center.
    U.S. Navy photos NH 45242-A and NH 45243-A    		 Naval Historical Center
    Pigeon 142k
    USS Oriole (AT 136)
    Oriole 105k 22 March 1944
    Alaska (probably at Dutch Harbor)
    National Archives photo    		 Mike Green
    Commanding Officers
    01LT Roy Melvin Cottrell, USN - Awarded the Navy Cross (1919)1919
    02LT Albert Joseph Wheaton, USN15 August 1938
    03LCDR Mellish Mott Lindsay, Jr., USNAugust 1942
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves
    View the Oriole (AM 7)
    DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway website
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
    Naval Minewarfare Association
    Association of Minemen
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