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Partridge (AT[O] 138)



Call sign:
Nan - Queen - Charlie - Fox

ex-AM-16



Call sign (1939):
Negat - Int - Jig - George

ex-Minesweeper No. 16



Call sign (1919):
George - Tare - Sail - Vice

Sunk 11 June 1944
Lapwing Class Minesweeper:

  • Laid down 14 May 1918 at Chester Shipbuilding Co., Chester, PA
  • Launched 15 October 1918
  • Commissioned USS Partridge, Minesweeper No. 16, 17 June 1919
  • Designated AM-16, 17 February 1920
  • Converted to an Ocean Tug, AT-138, 1 June 1942
  • Reclassified as an Ocean Tug (Old), AT(O)-138, 15 May 1944
  • Lost to enemy action 11 June 1944, after bring struck by a torpedo from a German E-Boat at 0200 and sank shortly after
  • Struck from the Naval Register 29 July 1944.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 950 t.
  • Length 187' 10"
  • Beam 35' 6'
  • Draft 9' 10"
  • Speed 14 kts.
  • Complement 78
  • Armament: Two 3" gun mounts and two machine guns
    1943 - Two 3"/50 dual purpose mounts and four 20mm mounts
  • Propulsion: Two Babcock and Wilcox boilers, one triple expansion reciprocating steam engine, one shaft.
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    Partridge (AM 16)
    Partridge 192k 28 June 1919
    "Peace Day".    		 Ric Hedman TN(SS)
    Partridge 104k c. 1919/1921
    Banderias Bay, Mexico
    U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Museum/Naval Aviation Museum photo 2008.104001.255    		 Mike Green
    Partridge 92k U. S. Navy photo
    Partridge 55k U. S. Navy photo from the Navy Recruitment Bureau, New York Jon Burdett
    Partridge/Brant 185k "Red Lead Row," San Diego Destroyer Base, California. Photographed at the end of 1922, with at least 65 destroyers tied up there. Ships present are identified as (left to right, in the right diagonal row): Stansbury (DD-180); MacKenzie (DD-175); Renshaw (DD-176); Howard (DD-179); Gillis (DD-260); Tingey (DD-272); McLanahan (DD-264); Swasey (DD-273); Morris (DD-271); Bailey (DD-269); Tattnall (DD-125); Breese (DD-122); Radford (DD-120); Aaron Ward (DD-132) -- probably; Ramsey (DD-124); Montgomery (DD-121); and Lea (DD-118). (left to right, in the middle diagonal row): Wickes (DD-75); Thornton (DD-270); Meade (DD-274); Crane (DD-109); Evans (DD-78); McCawley (DD-276); Doyen (DD-280); Elliot (DD-146); Henshaw (DD-278); Moody (DD-277); Meyer (DD-279); Sinclair (DD-275); Turner (DD-259); Philip (DD-76); Hamilton (DD-141); Boggs (DD-136); Claxton (DD-140); Ward (DD-139); Hazelwood (DD-107) or Kilty (DD-137); Kennison (DD-138); Jacob Jones (DD-130); Aulick (DD-258); Babbitt (DD-128); Twiggs (DD-127); and Badger (DD-126). (left to right, in the left diagonal row): Shubrick (DD-268); Edwards (DD-265); Palmer (DD-161); Welles (DD-257); Mugford (DD-105); Upshur (DD-144); Greer (DD-145); Wasmuth (DD-338); Hogan (DD-178); O'Bannon (DD-177); and -- possibly -- Decatur (DD-341). (Nested alongside wharf in left center, left to right): Prairie (AD-5); Buffalo (AD-8); Trever (DD-339); and Perry (DD-340). Minesweepers just astern of this group are Partridge (AM-16) and Brant (AM-24). Nearest ship in the group of destroyers at far left is Dent (DD-116). The others with her are unidentified.
    US Navy photo NH 42539    		 Naval Historical Center
    Partridge (AT 138)
    Partridge 104k Off Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA, on 13 March 1943
    National Archives photo 19-N-42587 of Portsmouth Navy Yard photo 4829(43)    		 Mike Green
    Partridge (AT[O] 138)
    Partridge 37k U.S. Navy photo National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
    Commanding Officers
    01LTJG Walter Kingsbury Bigger, USN17 June 1919 - 22 September 1922
    02LT Joseph Alfred Rasmussen, USN22 September 1922 - 1923
    03LT Arthur Wrightson, USN11 April 1925
    04LT Roy Melvin Cottrell, USNJanuary 1928
    05LT James Albert Martin, USN1930
    06LT Hubert Kending Stubbs, USN1932 - 1934
    07LT Solomon Silas Isquith, USN - Retired as Rear Admiral1936
    08LCDR Samuel E. Kenney, USN1940
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves
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