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Minesweeper No. 45 / AM-45 / ASR-5 Ortolan
Lapwing Class Minesweeper: Laid down by the Staten Island Shipbuilding Co., New York, NY; Launched 30 January 1919; Commissioned USS Ortolan (Minesweeper No. 45), 17 September 1919; Designated AM-45, 17 July 1920; Decommissioned, 3 May 1922 at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA; Recommissioned, 11 July 1922; Reclassified a Submarine Rescue Ship ASR-5, 12 September 1929; Decommissioned 18 March 1947 at San Francisco, CA;
Struck from the Naval Register 10 June 1947; Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, and sold 20 August 1947 into merchantile service to Bay Cities Transportation Co. Fate unknown.
Specifications: Displacement 950 t.(lt), 1,009 t.(fl); Length 187' 10"; Beam 35' 6"; Draft 10' 4"; Speed 14 kts; Complement 72; Armament, as built, one 11-pounder, two machine guns - WWII armament, two 3"/50 guns, two 20mm guns; Propulsion Harlan and Hollingsworth, vertical triple expansion steam engine, one shaft.
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c. 1925 Ortolan possibly at Mare Island. The sub is
believe to be the S-35 (SS-140), or S-36 (SS-141) |
Ric Hedman TN(SS) |
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