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Minesweeper No. 10 / AM-10 / AVP-2 Heron


Lapwing Class Minesweeper: Laid down, 26 August 1917 at Standard Shipbuilding Co. New York; Launched, 18 May 1918; Commissioned USS Heron, Minesweeper No. 10, 30 October 1918; Designated (AM-10), 17 February 1920; Decommissioned, 6 April 1922 at Cavite Navy Yard, PI; Recommissioned, 18 December 1924; Reclassified Small Seaplane Tender (AVP-2), 27 January 1936; Decommissioned, 12 February 1946 at Subic Bay Naval Station, PI; Struck from the Naval Register, c. 1946; Final Disposition, Transferred to the US State Department, Foriegn Liquidation Commission, July 1947 for disposal, fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 950 t.; Length 187' 10"; Beam 35' 6'; Draft 9' 10"; Speed 14 kts; Complement 78; Armament two 3" gun mounts and machine guns.
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Heron 66k Seen here tending seaplanes, c. 18 December 1924 to 21 January 1936.
Note old hull number (10)
US Navy photo
Hazegray & Underway Web Site
Heron 48k Seen here as AVP-2
US Navy photo
Submitted by Fred Reep to National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors

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U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
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Association of Minemen
Hazegray & Underway World Aircraft Carrier Pages
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