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Kingfisher (AT[O] 135)
ex-AT-135
ex-AM-25

Lapwing Class Minesweeper: Laid down 15 December 1917 by the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, WA; Launched, 30 March 1918; Commissioned USS Kingfisher, Minesweeper No. 25, 27 May 1918; Classified AM-25, 17 July 1920; Reclassified as a Fleet Tug, AT-135, 1 June 1942; Reclassified as a Fleet Tug (Old), AT(O)-135, 15 May 1944; Decommissioned, 6 February 1946 and entered the Pacific Reserve Fleet; Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 3 June 1947 and sold the same day to M. E. Baker, Suisun Bay, CA. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 950 t.; Length 187' 10"; Beam 35' 6"; Draft 8' 10"; Speed 14 kts; Complement 72; Armament two 3"; Propulsion triple expansion reciprocating steam engine, two Babcock and Wilcox boilers, one shaft.

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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): USS Thrush (Minesweeper No. 18}; Two unidentified minesweepers, one of which is probably USS Lapwing (Minesweeper No. 1); Kingfisher; 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
Kingfisher 63k c. Early 1920s
"Sweetpea towing an airplane."		 LT Gary P. Priolo, USN, Ret.
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