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Bobolink (AT[O] 131)



Call sign:
Nan - Peter - Nan - Fox

ex-AT-131
ex-AM-20

Lapwing Class Minesweeper: Laid down 29 October 1917 by the Baltimore Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Co., Baltimore, MD; Launched, 15 June 1918; Commissioned USS Bobolink, Minesweeper No. 20, 28 January 1919; Classified AM-20, 17 July 1920; Reclassified as a Fleet Tug, AT-131, 1 June 1942; Redesignated a Fleet Tug, (Old), AT(O)-131, 15 May 1944; Decommissioned, 22 February 1946 at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA; Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal and sold 5 October 1946. Fate unknown.

AM-20 Specifications: Displacement 950 t.; Length 187' 10"; Beam 35' 6"; Draft 8' 10"; Speed 14 kts; Complement 78; Armament two 3"; Propulsion two Babcock and Wilcox boilers, triple expansion reciprocating steam engine, one shaft.

AT(O)-131 Specifications: Displacement 1,350 t.; Length 187' 10"; Beam 35' 6"; Draft 13' 1"; Speed 11.8 kts; Complement 78; Armament one 3"/50 dual purpose mount; Propulsion two 200psi saturated steam Babcock and Wilcox header boilers, one 1,400shp Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. vertical triple expansion reciprocating steam engine, one shaft.

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Bobolink 98k Alongside an unidentified minesweeper.
U. S. Navy photo from the Navy Recruitment Bureau, New York 		Jon Burdett
Bobolink 131k Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941. View of USS California (BB 44), taken a day or two after the Japanese raid. Bobolink, at left, USS Vireo (AM 52) and YW-10 are off the battleship's stern, assisting with efforts to keep her afloat.
From the collection of Vice Admiral Homer N. Wallin, USN, Ret.
U.S. Navy photo NH 95569 		Naval Historical Center
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DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway web site.
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