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Minesweeper No.13 / AM-13 / AT / AT(O)-143 Turkey


Lapwing Class Minesweeper: Laid down, 19 August 1917 at Chester Shipbuilding Co., Chester, PA; Launched, 30 April 1918; Commissioned USS Turkey (Minesweeper No. 13),13 December 1918; Redesignated AM-13, 17 February 1920; Decommissioned, 12 April 1922 at Pearl Harbor, TH; Laid up in the Reserve Fleet at Pearl Harbor; Recommissioned, 15 August 1938 at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA; Redesignated Ocean Tug AT-143, 1 June 1942; Reclassified Ocean Tug (Old) AT(O)-143, 15 May 1944; Decommissioned, 6 November 1945 at San Francisco, CA; Struck from the Naval Register, 28 November 1945; Final disposition, sold and delivered to Hawley Forge and Manufacturing Co., San Francisco on 30 December 1946 for scrapping. Turkey earned one battle star for World War II service.

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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Turkey 40k In drydock, place and date unknown National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors

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