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Minesweeper No. 22 / AM-22 / ASR-1 Widgeon


Lapwing Class Minesweeper: Laid down, 8 October 1917 at Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Chester, PA; Launched 5 May 1918; Commissioned USS Widgeon, Minesweeper No.22, 27 July 1918; Designated AM-22, 17 February 1920; Decommissioned, 15 April 1922 for conversion to a Salvage Vessel at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, SC; Recommissioned, 5 March 1923 as AM-22 with salvage capability; Redesignated a Submarine Rescue Ship ASR-1, 22 June 1936; Decommissioned, 5 February 1947; Struck from the Naval Register, 23 December 1947; Sold to the Basalt Rock Co., Napa, CA for scrapping.

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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Widgeon 43k Seen here as ASR-1 Donald Tabor via the National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors.
Widgeon 73k Widgeon alongside the stern of sunken Arizona (BB-39), probably on or about 8 December 1941. Arizona's two after triple 14"/45 gun turrets, visible at left, were later removed and turned over to the Army for use as coastal defense batteries on Oahu. In the right distance is the hulk of the old minelayer Baltimore (CM-1).
US Navy photo 80-G-32761 now in the collections of the National Archives
US Naval Historical Center
Apogon 95k Widgeon stands by in the background as Apogon (SS-308), undergoes comprehensive remote control tests prior to her role in Operation "Crossroads," June 1946.
US National Archives photo 80-G-702799, from DANFS, now in the collections of the US National Archives.
Joseph M. Radigan MACM USN Ret.

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U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
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Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen

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