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Minesweeper No. 41 / AM-41 / AVP-8 Gannett


Lapwing Class Minesweeper: Laid down, 1 October 1918 at Todd Shipyard Corp., New York, NY; Launched, 19 March 1919; Commissioned USS Gannet, Minesweeper No. 41 at New York Navy Yard, 10 July 1919; Designated (AM-41), 17 February 1920; Converted and reclassified a Small Seaplane Tender AVP-8, 22 January 1936; Torpedoed, northwest of Bermuda, 7 June 1942; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown).

Specifications: Displacement 840 t.; Length 187' 10"; Beam 35' 5'; Draft 8' 10"; Speed 14 kts; Complement 85; Armament two 3"/50s; Propulsion one 1,400 shp Harlan & Hollingsworth Corp. Vertical triple expansion steam engine, one shaft.
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Gannet 77k Seen here as AVP-8
National Archives Photo NWDNS-80-G-466287
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Gannet 58k Seen here as AVP-8
US Navy photo
Hazegray & Underway Web Site
Gannet 157k AVP-8 Office of the Oceanographer of the Navy
Gannet 58k Seen here as AVP-8 at John Glacier, near Juneau, Alaska, c. 1936. DANFS

View the Gannet (AM-41)
DANFS History entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site. The main archive for the DANFS Online Project.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen
Hazegray & Underway World Aircraft Carrier Pages
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