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Pintail (AMc 17)
Call sign:
Nan - Able - Fox - Oboe
Coastal Minesweeper:
Built in 1937 as
Three Star
by the Kruse and Banks Shipbuilding Co., North Bend, OR for the Three Star Fishing Co. of Los Angeles, CA
Acquired by the Maritime Commission and transferred to the Navy, 19 November 1940
Renamed
Pintail
and classified as a
Coastal Minesweeper
AMc-17
, 7 December 1940
Placed in service 18 February 1941
Placed out of service and struck from the Naval Register 30 March 1945
Transferred back to the Maritime Commission 23 July 1945
Sold at auction in September 1945 to Andrew M. Marincovich of Astoria, OR and renamed
Three Star
Operated in 1950 under the Mexican flag
Fate unknown.
Specifications:
Displacement 210 t.
Length 84' 9"
Beam 22'
Draft 8' 6"
Speed 9 kts.
Complement 17
Armament: One machine gun
Propulsion: One diesel engine, one shaft.
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Namesake:
A duck with long, pointed tail feathers
Tommy Trampp
Photo added 12 December 2021
315k
c. May 1941
Off Seattle, Washington
National Archives photos 19-N-23974, 19-N-23975 and 19-N-23976
Naval History and Heritage Command
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Pintail (AMc 17)
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