Lapwing-class minesweeper
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The Lapwing-class minesweeper, often called the Bird class, was an early "AM-type" oceangoing minesweeper of the United States Navy. Seven ships of the class were commissioned during World War I, and
USS Lapwing (AM-1) and other ships of the squadron anchored in the Hudson River, off New York City
USS Pigeon (ASR-6)
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The first USS Pigeon was a Lapwing-class minesweeper of the United States Navy. She was later converted to a submarine rescue ship. She was named for the avian ambassador, the pigeon.
Lapwing-class minesweeper
…1919 10 Dec 1946 Ortolan AM-45 17 Sep 1919 18 Mar 1947 Fate unknown ASR-5 17 Sep 1919 18 Mar 1947 Peacock AM-46 27 Dec 1919 n/a Sunk, 24 August 1940 Pigeon AM-47 Baltimore Dry Dock and Shipbuilding 15 July 1919 n/a Sunk, 4 May 1942 ASR-6 15 July 1919 n/a Redwing AM-48 17 October 1919 n/a Sunk, 29 June 1943…
USS Pigeon (ASR-6) anchored in Cam Ranh Bay on the coast of French Indochina in July 1939.
Pigeon in Chinese waters, c. the later 1920s, showing modifications made to fit her as a gunboat for use on the Yangtze River.
USS Pigeon grounded on the coast of China after a September 1939 typhoon