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Swan (Minesweeper No. 34 / AM 34)
AVP-7


Lapwing Class Minesweeper: Laid down, 10 December 1917 at Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Co., Mobile, AL; Launched, 4 July 1918; Commissioned USS Swan, Minesweeper No.34, 31 January 1919; Designated AM-34, 17 February 1920; Decommissioned, 23 May 1922 at Portsmouth, NH; Recommissioned, 23 June 1923; Designated as a minesweeper for duty with aircraft, 30 April 1931; Decommissioned, 21 December 1933 at San Diego, CA; Recommissioned, 2 April 1934; Redesignated as Small Seaplane Tender AVP-7, 22 January 1936; Decommissioned, 13 December 1945 at Boston, MA; Struck from the Naval Register, 8 January 1946; Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 12 October 1946 at Newport, RI for disposal. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 840 t.; Length 187' 10"; Beam 35' 5'; Draft 8' 10"; Speed 14 kts; Complement 85; Armament two 3"/50 gun mounts; Propulsion 1,400 shp Harlan and Hollingsworth Corp. triple expansion reciprocating steam engine, two Babcock and Wilcox boilers, one shaft.
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Swan 25k . Bill Koonts, AT2
VP56, 1953-56
Swan 46k Seen here as a minesweeper for duty with aircraft, c. 1934/1936
US Navy Photo
Hazegray & Underway Web Site

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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
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Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen
Hazegray & Underway World Aircraft Carrier Pages
Report on Action of December 7, 1941
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