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Frigate Bird (AMc 27)

Call sign:
Nan - Able - Dog - Queen

Coastal Minesweeper:

The first Frigate Bird was built in 1935 as Star of San Pedro by the Harbor Boat Building Company, Terminal Island, CA

Acquired by the Navy 30 November 1940

Placed in service as USS Frigate Bird (AMc 27), 30 January 1941

Placed out of service 27 April 1943

Struck from the Naval Register 27 November 1944

Transferred to the War Shipping Administration in April 1945

Acquired in 1945 by Peter Martin of San Pedro, CA for use as a fishing boat and renamed Star of San Pedro

Acquired in 1963 by John G. Marovich of San Pedro and renamed Reliant

Foundered 21 December 1967, 12 miles southwest of San Clemente Island, CA.

Specifications:

Displacement 112 t.

Length 81'.

Click on thumbnail for full size image	Size	Image Description	Source
Star of San Pedro
	145k		Fishing the West Coast
USS Frigate Bird (AMc 27)
	13k	Namesake: *Frigate Bird* - A long-winged, web-footed sea bird, noted for its graceful and long-range flight	Tommy Trampp Photo added 15 December 2021
	219k	c. May 1941 Off Seattle, WA National Archives photo 19-N-23987	Mike Green

Commanding Officers
01	LT John M. Wyckoff, USN	30 January 1941 - March 1942

Courtesy of Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

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