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Woodcock
Minesweeper No.14 / (AM 14)
AT / AT(O)-145


Lapwing Class Minesweeper: Laid down, 19 October 1917 at Chester Shipbuilding Co., Chester, PA; Launched, 12 May 1918; Commissioned USS Woodcock Minesweeper No. 14,19 February 1919; Redesignated AM-14, 17 July 1920; Decommissioned, 5 May 1922 at Portsmouth Navy Yard; Recommissioned, 21 February 1924; Redesignated Ocean Tug AT-145, 1 June 1942; Reclassified Ocean Tug (Old) AT(O)-145, 15 May 1944; Decommissioned, 30 September 2946 at Charleston, SC; Struck from the Naval Register, 23 April 1947; Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 4 August 1947; Sold for scrap, 19 December 1947 to the Potomac Shipwrecking Co., Inc., Pope's Creek, MD.

Specifications: Displacement 950 t.; Length 187' 10"; Beam 35' 6'; Draft 9' 9"; Speed 14 kts; Complement 85; Armament two 3" gun mounts; Propulsion triple expansion reciprocating steam engine, two Babcock and Wilcox boilers, one shaft.
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

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National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen

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