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Warbler
Minesweeper No. 53 / (AM 53)
ARS-11


Lapwing Class Minesweeper: Laid down, 24 April 1919 by the Philadelphia Navy Yard; Launched, 30 July 1919; Commissioned USS Warbler, Minesweeper No. 53, 22 December 1919; Reclassified AM-53, 17 July 1920; Decommissioned, 16 June 1923; Transferred on loan to the United States Shipping Board; Reclassified a Salvage Ship ARS-11, 13 September 1941; Designated for disposal, 29 March 1946; Declared surplus, 13 January 1947; Struck from the Naval Register, 10 June 1947. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 950 t.; Length 187' 10"; Beam 35' 6'; Draft 9' 9.5"; Speed 14 kts; Complement 85; Armament none; Propulsion triple expansion reciprocating steam engine, two Babcock &Wilcox boilers, one shaft.
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Warbler 97k . Gunter Krebs

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