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Pipit (AMc 1)



Call sign:
Nan - Item - Queen - George


Pipit Class Coastal Minesweeper:: Laid down in 1936 as F/V Spartan by the Martinolich Shipyard, Tacoma, WA; Acquired by the Navy, 18 October 1940; Placed in service as USS Pipit (AMc 1), 28 March 1941; Placed out of service, 6 October 1944; Struck from the Navy Register 22 December 1944 and returned to her owner. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 210 t.; Length 83' 11"; Beam 22' 6"; Draft unknown; Speed 10 kts; Complement unknown; Armament two .30 cal. machine guns; Propulsion diesel, one shaft.
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Pipit 55k 1 August 1941 Original photo: Gunter Krebs
Replacement photo: Robert Hurst
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