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Swan (AVP 7)



Call sign:
Nan - Item - Jig - Peter

ex-AM-34
ex-Minesweeper No. 34

Lapwing Class Minesweeper: Laid down, 10 December 1917 at Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Co., Mobile, AL; Launched, 4 July 1918; Commissioned USS Swan, Minesweeper No.34, 31 January 1919; Designated AM-34, 17 February 1920; Decommissioned, 23 May 1922 at Portsmouth, NH; Recommissioned, 23 June 1923; Designated as a minesweeper for duty with aircraft, 30 April 1931; Decommissioned, 21 December 1933 at San Diego, CA; Recommissioned, 2 April 1934; Reclassified as a Small Seaplane Tender, AVP-7, 22 January 1936; Decommissioned, 13 December 1945 at Boston, MA; Struck from the Navy Register 8 January 1946; Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 12 October 1946 at Newport, RI for disposal. Fate unknown.

AM-34 Specifications: Displacement 840 t.; Length 187' 10"; Beam 35' 5'; Draft 8' 10"; Speed 14 kts; Complement 85; Armament two 3"/50 gun mounts; Propulsion two Babcock and Wilcox boilers, one 1,400shp Alabama Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. triple expansion reciprocating steam engine, one shaft.

AVP-7 Specifications: Displacement 1,350 t.; Length 187' 10"; Beam 35' 5'; Draft 13' 1"; Speed 13.5 kts; Complement 85; Armament one 3"/50 gun mount; Propulsion two Babcock and Wilcox boilers, one 1,400shp Alabama Alabama Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. triple expansion reciprocating steam engine, one shaft.

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USS Swan (Minesweeper No. 34)
Swan 25k . Bill Koonts, AT2
VP56, 1953-56
Lapwing 143k Review of the Atlantic Fleet Minesweeping Squadron, November 1919. Lapwing (Minesweeper No.1) and other 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. The other ships visible are: USS Lark (Minesweeper No. 21), with USS SC-208 alongside (at left); and Swan with USS SC-356 alongside (at right).
U.S. Navy photo NH 44903		 Naval Historical Center
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 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 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
USS Swan (AM 34)
Swan 46k c. 1934/1936
Seen here as a minesweeper for duty with aircraft
U.S. Navy Photo 		Hazegray & Underway Web Site
USS Swan (AVP 7)
Avocet 335k 7 December 1941
Position of Swan and other ships at Pearl Harbor.
Map courtesy of National Geographic Book Division		 Joe Radigan
Swan 85k 4 May 1943
Mare Island, CA
Starboard bow view during inclining experiment
U.S. Navy photo 2558-43. 		Jon Burdett
View the Swan (AM-34)
DANFS History entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site.
Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen
Hazegray & Underway World Aircraft Carrier Pages
Report on Action of December 7, 1941
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