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Cormorant (AT[O] 133)



Call sign:
Nan - Yoke - Zebra - Baker

ex-AT-133
ex-AM-40



Call sign (1939):
Negat - Int - King - Victor

ex-Minesweeper No. 40



Call sign (1919):
George - Boy - Cast - Mike
Lapwing Class Minesweeper:

  • Laid down 4 September 1918 by the Todd Shipbuilding Corp., New York, NY
  • Launched 5 February 1919
  • Commissioned USS Coromorant, Minesweeper No. 40, 15 May 1919
  • Designated AM-40, 17 July 1920
  • Reclassified as a Fleet Tug, AT-133, 1 June 1942
  • Reclassified as a Fleet Tug (Old), AT(O)-133, 15 May 1944
  • Decommissioned 29 March 1946 at San Pedro, CA
  • Sold 8 January 1947
    Naval Vessel Register of 1 January 1949 lists sold in March 1947
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications::

  • Displacement 950 t.
    1944 - 1,350 t.
  • Length 187' 10"
  • Beam 35' 6"
  • Draft 9' 9"
    1944 - 13' 1"
  • Speed 14 kts.
    1944 - 11.5 kts.
  • Complement 72
    1944 - 75
  • Armament: Two 3"/50 mounts
    1944 - Two 3"/50 dual purpose mounts
  • Propulsion: Two Babcock and Wilcox boilers, one triple expansion reciprocating steam engine, one shaft
    1944 - Two 200psi saturated steam Babcock and Wilcox header boilers, one 1,400shp Harlan and Hollingsworth vertical triple expansion reciprocating steam engine.
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    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    USS Cormorant (AM 40)
    Cormorant 30k 12 February 1942 Hyperwar U.S. Navy in WWII
    USS Cormorant (AT[O] 133)
    Cormorant 97k 20 April 1945
    Near the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA
    National Archives photo19-N-98014    		 Mike Green
    Commanding Officers
    01LT J. B. McKean, USN15 May 1919
    02LT Theo Dwight Westfall, USN5 July 1921
    ??LT William Griggs Dow, USN1 July 1927
    ??LT Atherton MacOndray, Jr., USN - Retired as Rear Admiral1934
    ??LT Henry Plander, USN1936
    ??LCDR Kenneth Oscar Ekelund, Sr., USN1939
    ??LCDR P. S. Reynolds, USN1940 - 1941
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves
    View the Cormorant (AM-40)
    DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway website
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    Naval Minewarfare Association
    Association of Minemen
    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors

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