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AM-44 / ASR-4 Mallard


Lapwing Class Minesweeper: Laid down by the Staten Island Shipbuilding Co., New York, NJ, 25 May 1918; Launched, 17 December 1918; Commissioned USS Mallard (AM 44), 25 June 1919; Reclassified as a Submarine Rescue Ship ASR-4, 12 September 1929; Decommissioned and stripped, 10 December 1947 at the New York Navy Yard; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Sunk as a target, 22 May 1947 by USS Piper (SS 409).

Specifications: Displacement 840 t.; Length 187' 10"; Beam 35' 5"; Draft 8' 10"; Speed 14 kts; Complement 85; Armament two 3"/50 mounts; Propulsion one 1,000shp Harlan and Hollingsworth, vertical triple-expansion steam engine, one shaft.
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Mallard 84k AM-44. c. 1920. Dictionary of American Fighting Ships
Mallard 56k Seen here as (ARS-4) Donald Taber via the National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
Mallard 47k Seen here as (ARS-4) Donald Taber via the National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
Mallard 59k Seen here as (ARS-4) Donald Taber via the National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
Mallard 67k Seen here as (ARS-4) Donald Taber vis the National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors

View the Mallard (AM 44)
DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway web site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen
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