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Quail (AM 15)
ex-Minesweeper No. 15

Scuttled 5 May 1942
Lapwing Class Minesweeper: Laid down, 14 May 1918 by the Chester Shipbuilding Co., Chester, PA; Launched, 6 October 1918; Commissioned USS Quail, (Minesweeper No. 15), 29 April 1919; Reclassified AM-15, 17 July 1920; Damaged by Japanese bombs and guns, Quail was scuttled, 5 May 1942 at Corregidor, Philippine Islands; Struck from the Naval Register, 8 May 1942.

Specifications: Displacement 840 t.; Length 187' 10"; Beam 35' 6'; Draft 9' 9"; Speed 14 kts; Complement 61; Armament two 3" gun mounts.

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USS Quail (Minesweeper No. 15)
Quail 44k . Vicky Viray
Lapwing 118k Review of the Atlantic Fleet Minesweeping Squadron, November 1919. Ships of the squadron anchored in the Hudson River, off New York City, while being reviewed by Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels on 24 November 1919, following their return to the United States after taking part in clearing the North Sea mine barrage. Identifiable ships present include (left column, from front to rear): Turkey (Minesweeper No. 13); Quail with SC-354 alongside; USS Lark (Minesweeper No. 21) with SC-208 alongside; Swan (Minesweeper No. 34) with SC-356 alongside; and USS Flamingo (Minesweeper No. 32) with an unidentified submarine chaser alongside. (right column, from front to rear): USS Thrush (Minesweeper No. 18); Two unidentified minesweepers, one of which is probably Lapwing (Minesweeper No. 1); USS Kingfisher (Minesweeper No. 25); and, in no particular order, tugs Patapsco and Patuxent. USS SC-245 is at the far right, passing between the two anchored columns.
U.S. Navy photo NH 44904		 Naval Historical Center
USS Quail (AM 15)
Quail 92k Six "O" type submarines nested alongside a pier, in the Central American or Caribbean area, circa 1923-1924. USS O-6
(SS-67) and USS O-9 (SS-70) are the two outboard submarines. Quail is also alongside the pier, in the left background.
Courtesy of the Estate of Virginia Cornwell, 1982.
U.S. Navy photo NH 93672		 Navy Historical Center
Quail 44k USS Galveston (CL-19) with Quail. Probably at Corinto, Nicaragua, in December 1926 -- February 1927, during the
Nicaraguan revolution.
Collection of John Spector, donated by Mrs. Minnie Spector, 1986.
U.S. Navy photo NH 101153		 Navy Historical Center
Quail 99k U.S. Navy photo from the January 1986 edition of All Hands magazine Joe Radigan
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