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Minesweeper No. 35 / AM-35 / AT / AT(O)-169 Whippoorwill


Lapwing Class Minesweeper: Laid down, 12 December 1917 at Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Co., Mobile, AL; Launched, 4 July 1918; Commissioned USS Whippoorwill Minesweeper No. 35, 1 April 1919; Redesignated AM-35, 17 July 1920; Reclassified Ocean Tug AT-169, 1 March 1944; Reclassified Ocean Tug, (Old) AT(O)-169, 15 May 1944; Decommissioned, 17 April 1946 at San Francisco, CA; Struck from the Naval Register, 10 June 1946; Turned over to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 6 November 1946. Fate unknown. Whippoorwill was awarded one battle star for her 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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