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Cockatoo (AMc 8)
Call sign:
Nan - Item - Jig - Dog
Vashon call sign (1948):
William - Peter - Mike - Oboe
Coastal Minesweeper:
Built in 1936 as
Vashon
by the Seattle Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Seattle, WA
Acquired by the Navy 18 October 1940
Commissioned
USS Cockatoo (AMc 8)
, 25 April 1941
Struck from the Naval Register 8 May 1946
Transferred to the Maritime Commission 23 September 1946
Registered in 1948 to Andrew Vidovich of San Pedro, CA as the fishing boat
Vashon
Foundered 23 July 1949 about 3 miles west of Catalina Island, CA.
Specifications:
Displacement 185 t.
1948 - 131 t.
Length 88'
1948 - 79.2'
Beam 23' 4"
Draft 8' 11"
1948 - 10'
Speed 9 kts.
Complement 17
1948 - 12
Armament: One .50 cal. machine gun
Propulsion: One 240bhp Atlas 4HM 2124 diesel engine, one shaft.
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Namesake:
Cockatoo
- A parrot found almost exclusively in Australia
Tommy Trampp
65k
Jon Burdett
246k
13 May 1941
Off San Diego, CA
National Archives photo 19-N-24600
Mike Green
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