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Minesweeper No. 27 / AM-27 / AVP-6 Pelican


Lapwing Class Minesweeper: Laid down, 10 November 1917 at Gas Engine and Power Co., Morris Height, NY; Launched 15 June 1918; Commissioned USS Pelican, Minesweeper No.27, 10 October 1918; Designated (AM-27), 17 February 1920; Decommissioned 3 May 1922 at Pearl Harbor, TH; Recommissioned, 17 August 1922, and modified to serve as an aircraft tender; Redesignated as Small Seaplane Tender (AVP-6), 22 January 1936; Decommissioned, 30 November 1945; Struck from the Naval Register, 19 December 1945; Final dispostion, sold for scrapping, November 1946.

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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Pelican 106k Seen here tending seaplanes, c. August 1922 to 21 January 1936.
Note minesweeper hull number (27)
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U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
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Association of Minemen
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