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Chatterer (AMc 16)

Call sign:
Nan - Easy - Nan - Fox

Coastal Minesweeper:

The first Chatterer was built in 1936 as Sea Breeze by the Harbor Boat Building Company, Terminal Island, CA for Sea Breeze of Terminal Island

Acquired by the Navy 1 November 1940

Placed in service as USS Chatterer (AMc 16), 20 November 1940

Placed out of service 12 September 1944

Struck from the Naval Register 14 October 1944

Transferred to the War Shipping Administration in May 1945

Acquired in 1945 by Krist Gradis of San Pedro, CA for use as a fishing boat and renamed Sea Breeze

Acquired in 1946 by Eugene N. Banich of San Pedro

Acquired in 1949 by Katherine Marevich of Fontana, CA

Renamed Southland 13 March 1951

Foundered 24 September 1960 about 15 miles from Anacapa, Island, CA.

Specifications:

Length 83'

Propulsion: One diesel, one shaft.

Click on thumbnail for full size image	Size	Image Description	Source
Sea Breeze
	66k	c. 1937 San Francisco, CA	Historic Fishing website
USS Chatterer (AMc 16)
	65k	Namesake: *Chatterer* - Any of several passerine birds having a chattering cry, as certain waxwings and cotingas	Tommy Trampp Photo added 11 December 2021
	218k	1 April 1941 Off Mare Island, CA National Archives photo 19-N-24070	Mike Green

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