USS Pigeon (ASR-6)
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The first USS Pigeon (AM-47/ASR-6) 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.
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
USS Seadragon (SS-194)
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USS Seadragon (SS-194), a Sargo-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the leafy seadragon.
