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Minesweeper No. 45 / AM-45 / ASR-5 Ortolan


Lapwing Class Minesweeper: Laid down at Staten Island Shipbuilding Co., NY, NY; Launched 30 January 1919; Commissioned USS Ortolan, Minesweeper No. 45, 17 September 1919; Designated (AM-45), 17 July 1920; Decommisisoned, 3 May 1922 at Maie 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, sold, 20 August 1947 into merchantile service, Bay Cities Transportation, Co.; Final dispostion, 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 11pdr, 2 machine guns, WWII armament, two 3"/50 guns, two 20mm guns.
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