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Minesweeper No. 23 / AM-23 / AVP-5 Teal


Lapwing Class Minesweeper: Laid down, 8 October 1917 at Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Chester, PA; Launched 28 May 1918; Commissioned USS Teal, Minesweeper No.23, 20 August 1918; Designated (AM-23), 17 February 1920; Modified to serve as an aircraft tender, November 1919; Redesignated as Small Seaplane Tender (AVP-5), 22 January 1936; Decommissioned and struck from the Naval Register, 5 December 1946, at Seattle, WA; Delivered to the Maritime Commission at Port Norland, WA., and simultaneously sold to Muray E Baker; Final dispostion, unknown

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.
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Teal 50k Seen here tending seaplanes, c. December 1919 to 21 January 1936.
Note old hull number (23)
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U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association
Reunions Magazine
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Association of Minemen
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