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Minesweeper No. 18 / AM-18 / AVP-3 Thrush


Lapwing Class Minesweeper: Laid down, 27 May 1918 at Pusey and Jones Co., Wilmington, Del; Launched, 15 September 1918; Commissioned USS Thrush (Minesweeper No. 18), 25 April 1919; Designated AM-18, 17 February 1920; Decommissioned, 3 April 1922 at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, Territory of Hawaii; Recommissioned, 31 October 1935 at Pearl Harbor; Converted to a Small Seaplane Tender at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA; Redesignated AVP-3, 22 January 1936; Decommissioned, 13 December 1945 at Boston, MA; Struck from the Naval Register, 8 January 1946; Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 19 August 1946 for disposal; Sold, 21 August 1946 to John A. Pohl, Haworth, NJ; Renamed Semper Paratus; Sunk, 10 March 1951.

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; Propulsion triple expansion reciprocating steam engine, two Babcock and Wilcox boilers,
one shaft.
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AVP-3 95k c. 1943.
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