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Sanderling (AM 37)
ex-Minesweeper No. 37

Lapwing Class Minesweeper: Laid down, 27 May 1918 at Tebo Yacht Basin by the Todd Shipbuilding Co., NY; Launched, 2 September 1918; Commissioned USS Sanderling (Minesweeper No. 37), 4 December 1918; Designated AM-37, 17 July 1920; Placed in reduced commission, 11 May 1921; Decommissioned, 2 May 1922 and placed in reserve at Pearl Harbor, HI; Accidentally sank, 26 June 1937 and struck from the Naval Register the same day.

Specifications: Displacement 1,009 t.; Length 187' 10"; Beam 35' 6'; Draft 10' 4"; Speed 14 kts; Complement 78; Armament two 3"/50 gun mounts; Propulsion triple expansion reciprocating steam engine, two Babcock and Wilcox boilers, one shaft.

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USS Sanderling (Minesweeper No. 37)
Woodcock 110k While taking part in clearing the North Sea mine barrage, "The fleet put in (to) Stavanger, a bustling town in Norway, made prosperous by the war." (quoted from the original 1919 vintage caption). USS Woodcock (Minesweeper No. 14) is in the foreground. In the left background are (from front to rear): USS SC-356, USS SC-40, USS Eider (Minesweeper No. 17), Sanderling - probable identification, USS Auk (Minesweeper No. 38) and an unidentified minesweeper.
U. S. Navy photo from the Navy Recruitment Bureau, New York
U.S. Navy photo NH 99789		 Naval Historical Center
USS Sanderling (AM 37)
Sanderling 74k USS R-5 (SS-82) underway in Pearl Harbor, circa 1923-1930. USS Baltimore (CM-1) is moored in the background, with USS Sanderling (AM-37) tied up alongside. Both of these ships were then out of commission.
Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1974.
US Navy Photo NH 79747		 Naval Historical Center
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