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Thrush (AVP 3)
ex-AM-18
ex-Minesweeper No. 18

Lapwing Class Minesweeper: Laid down, 27 May 1918 at Pusey and Jones Co., Wilmington, Del; Launched, 15 September 1918; Commissioned USS Thrush, Minesweeper No. 18, 25 April 1919; Designated AM-18, 17 February 1920; Decommissioned, 3 April 1922 at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, Territory of Hawaii; Recommissioned, 31 October 1935 at Pearl Harbor; Converted to a Small Seaplane Tender at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA; Reclassified
AVP-3, 22 January 1936; Decommissioned, 13 December 1945 at Boston, MA; Struck from the Naval Register, 8 January 1946; Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 19 August 1946 for disposal; Sold 21 August 1946 to John A. Pohl of Haworth, NJ; Renamed Semper Paratus; Sunk, 10 March 1951.

Specifications: Displacement 950 t.; Length 187' 10"; Beam 35' 6'; Draft 9' 10"; Speed 14 kts; Complement 78; Armament two 3" gun mounts and machine guns; Propulsion triple expansion reciprocating steam engine, two Babcock and Wilcox boilers, one shaft.

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Thrush (Minesweeper No. 18)
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): USS Turkey (Minesweeper No. 13); USS Quail (Minesweeper No. 15) 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): Thrush; Two unidentified minesweepers, one of which is probably USS 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
Thrush 133k Thrush alongside USS Mercy (ID 1305), later AH-4, circa 1919.
Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1974.
U.S. Navy photo NH 79069 		Naval Historical Center
Thrush (AVP 3)
AVP-3 95k c. 1943.
U.S. Navy Photo 		Joe Radigan
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