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Minesweeper No.16 / AM-16 / AT / AT(O)-138 Partridge

Sunk 11 June 1944

Lapwing Class Minesweeper: Laid down, 14 May 1918 at Chester Shipbuilding Co., Chester, PA.: Launched, 15 October 1918; Commissioned USS Partridge (Minesweeper No. 16), 17 June 1919; Redesignated AM-16, 17 February 1920; Converted to an Ocean Tug; Reclassified AT-138, 1 June 1942. Reclassified Ocean Tug (Old) AT(O)-138, 15 May 1944; Lost to enemy action, 11 June 1944, struck by a torpedo from a German E-Boat at 0200 and sank shortly after; Struck from the Naval Register, 29 July 1944.

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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Partridge 92k U. S. Navy Photo Mike Green
Partridge 55k U. S. Navy photo from the Navy Recruitment Bureau, New York Jon Burdett
Partridge/Brant 185k "Red Lead Row," San Diego Destroyer Base, California. Photographed at the end of 1922, with at least 65 destroyers tied up there. Ships present are identified as (left to right, in the right diagonal row): Stansbury (DD-180); MacKenzie (DD-175); Renshaw (DD-176); Howard (DD-179); Gillis (DD-260); Tingey (DD-272); McLanahan (DD-264); Swasey (DD-273); Morris (DD-271); Bailey (DD-269); Tattnall (DD-125); Breese (DD-122); Radford (DD-120); Aaron Ward (DD-132) -- probably; Ramsey (DD-124); Montgomery (DD-121); and Lea (DD-118). (left to right, in the middle diagonal row): Wickes (DD-75); Thornton (DD-270); Meade (DD-274); Crane (DD-109); Evans (DD-78); McCawley (DD-276); Doyen (DD-280); Elliot (DD-146); Henshaw (DD-278); Moody (DD-277); Meyer (DD-279); Sinclair (DD-275); Turner (DD-259); Philip (DD-76); Hamilton (DD-141); Boggs (DD-136); Claxton (DD-140); Ward (DD-139); Hazelwood (DD-107) or Kilty (DD-137); Kennison (DD-138); Jacob Jones (DD-130); Aulick (DD-258); Babbitt (DD-128); Twiggs (DD-127); and Badger (DD-126). (left to right, in the left diagonal row): Shubrick (DD-268); Edwards (DD-265); Palmer (DD-161); Welles (DD-257); Mugford (DD-105); Upshur (DD-144); Greer (DD-145); Wasmuth (DD-338); Hogan (DD-178); O'Bannon (DD-177); and -- possibly -- Decatur (DD-341). (Nested alongside wharf in left center, left to right): Prairie (AD-5); Buffalo (AD-8); Trever (DD-339); and Perry (DD-340). Minesweepers just astern of this group are Partridge (AM-16) and Brant (AM-24). Nearest ship in the group of destroyers at far left is Dent (DD-116). The others with her are unidentified.
US Navy photo NH 42539
Naval Historical Center
Partridge 37k Seen here as AT(O)-138
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National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors

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