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Quail (Minesweeper No. 15 / AM 15)

Scuttled 5 May 1942

Lapwing Class Minesweeper: Laid down, 14 May 1918 by the Chester Shipbuilding Co., Chester, PA; Launched, 6 October 1918; Commissioned USS Quail (Minesweeper No. 15), 29 April 1919; Reclassified AM-15, 17 July 1920; Damaged by Japanese bombs and guns, Quail was scuttled, 5 May 1942 at Corregidor; Struck from the Naval Register, 8 May 1942.

Specifications: Displacement 840 t.; Length 187' 10"; Beam 35' 6'; Draft 9' 9"; Speed 14 kts; Complement 61; Armament two 3" gun mounts.


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