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Killdeer (AMc 21)
IX-194


Laid down in 1937 by Al Larson, Los Angeles, CA as the purse seiner Vindicator; Launched, (date unknown); Acquired by the Navy, 8 November 1940 and placed in service as USS Killdeer (AMc 21); Placed out of service, 12 September 1944; Reclassified as a Miscellaneous Unclassified IX-194; Struck from the Naval Register, 2 June 1945; Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 9 January 1946. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 110 tons; Length 105' 7"; Beam 22' 10"; Draft 9' 8"; Speed 10 knots; Complement 18; Armament one .50 cal. machine gun; Propulsion diesel, two shafts.
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Killdeer 121k c. 1943.
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