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Teal (AVP 5)
ex-AM-23
ex-Minesweeper No. 23

Lapwing Class Minesweeper: Laid down, 8 October 1917 at Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Chester, PA; Launched 28 May 1918; Commissioned USS Teal, Minesweeper No.23, 20 August 1918; Designated AM-23, 17 February 1920; Modified to serve as an aircraft tender in November 1919; Redesignated as a Small Seaplane Tender, AVP-5, 22 January 1936; Decommissioned and struck from the Naval Register, 5 December 1946 at Seattle, WA; Delivered to the Maritime Commission at Port Norland, WA. and simultaneously sold to Murray E. Baker. Fate unknown.

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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Teal 101k Inport with Gilmer (DD 233) in background.
U. S. Navy photo from the Navy Recruitment Bureau, New York 		Jon Burdett
Teal 50k Seen here tending seaplanes, c. December 1919 to 21 January 1936. Note old hull number (23).
US Navy Photo 		Hazegray & Underway Web Site
Teal 81k View of the Philadelphia Navy Yard's Delaware River waterfront, with the hammerhead crane in center, 31 May 1923. Among the ships visible are: USS Lamson (DD-328), in left center; USS Sandpiper (AM-51) and Teal (AM 23), at right, with the crane ship Kearsarge beyond; Destroyers Preston (DD-327), Coghlan (DD-326) and Sharkey (DD-281), partially visible at left. USS Dobbin (AD-3) is fitting out on the opposite side of the pier, at left.
U.S. Navy photo NH 43453 		Naval Historical Center
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