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Cardinal (AM 6)


Lapwing Class Minesweeper: Laid down, (date unknown) by the Staten Island Shipbuilding Co., New York, NY; Launched, 29 March 1918; Commissioned USS Cardinal (AM 6), 23 August 1918; Grounded on a reef, 6 June 1923 off the coast of Chirikof Island and was abandoned; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown).

Specifications: Displacement 950 t.; Length 187' 10"; Beam 35' 6"; Draft 9' 9"; Speed 14 kts; Complement 78; Armament two 3" guns.
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