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YDT-7
ex-Canary (AMc 25)

Coastal Minesweeper:

  • Built in 1939 as John G. Murley by Morse Shipyards, Thomaston, ME for the John G. Murley
  • Acquired by the Navy 24 October 1940
  • Placed in service as USS Canary (AMc 25), 19 June 1941
  • Reclassified as a Diving Tender YDT-7 in January 1944
  • Placed out of service in June 1948 and transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Length 93' 4"
  • Beam 19' 4"
  • Propulsion: One 193shp Cooper Bessemer diesel engine, one shaft.
    Click on thumbnail
    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    FV John G. Murley
    Canary 110k John G. Murley. U.S. Fishing Vessel, photographed c. 1939-40. Before conversion to USS Canary (AMc 25)
    U.S. Navy photo NH 101963    		 Naval Historical Center
    USS Canary (AMc 25)
    Canary 42k
    Namesake:

    Canary - A small finch

    		 Tommy Trampp
    Photo added 14 December 2021
    Canary 147k At a John Mathis Co. work pier in Camden NJ, some time shortly after 16 June 1941
    Photo from Independence Seaport Museum, John Mathis collection (For educational and non-commercial use)    		 John Chiquoine
    Canary 323k Original photo: Operating as a sweep out of Charleston Navy Yard 1941 thru 1943
    Australian War Museum photo 302555
    Replacement photo: Naval History and Heritage Command Catalog photo L45-41.07.01    		 Original photo: John Chiquoine
    Replacement photo: Naval History and Heritage Command
    View the Canary (AMc 25)
    DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway website
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