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Pelican (AVP 6)
ex-AM-27
ex-Minesweeper No. 27

Lapwing Class Minesweeper: Laid down, 10 November 1917 by the Gas Engine and Power Co., Morris Height, NY; Launched 15 June 1918; Commissioned USS Pelican, Minesweeper No.27, 10 October 1918; Designated AM-27, 17 February 1920; Decommissioned 3 May 1922 at Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii; Recommissioned, 17 August 1922, and modified to serve as an aircraft tender; Reclassified as a Small Seaplane Tender, AVP-6, 22 January 1936; Decommissioned, 30 November 1945; Struck from the Naval Register, 19 December 1945; Sold for scrap in November 1946.

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 one 1,400 shp Harlan and Hollingsworth, vertical triple-expansion steam engine, one shaft.

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Pelican 106k Seen here tending seaplanes, c. August 1922 to 21 January 1936. Still wearing her minesweeper hull number (27)
U.S. Navy photo		 Hazegray & Underway Web Site
Pelican 44k c. 1936.
Hawaii
Photo by Edward Cwalinski, U.S. Army, Ret.		 Barry Litchfield
Pigeon 121k Minesweepers laid up at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory. View taken circa 1922 or somewhat later, showing several minesweepers laid up in reserve at the end of 1010 Dock. Identifiable ships at left include USS Oriole (AM-7), with USS Pigeon (AM-47) inboard of her. USS Pelican (AM-27) is the outboard ship in the center.
U.S. Navy photo NH 45242-A		 Naval Historical Center
Pigeon 142k Minesweepers laid up at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory. View taken circa 1922 or somewhat later, showing several minesweepers laid up in reserve at the end of 1010 Dock. Identifiable ships at left include USS Oriole (AM-7) outboard, with USS Pigeon (AM-47) inboard of her. USS Pelican (AM-27) is the outboard ship in the center.
U.S. Navy photo NH 45243-A		 Naval Historical Center
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