USS Nightingale (AMc-149)
Minesweeper of the United States Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see USS Nightingale.
USS Nightingale (AMc-149) was a coastal minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing.
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Ordered | as Saint Francis |
Builder | Western Boat Building Co |
Laid down | 1940 |
Launched | 1940 |
Acquired | 13 December 1941 |
Commissioned | 13 December 1941 |
In service | 1941 |
Out of service | 3 December 1945 |
Stricken | 7 February 1946 |
Fate | Disposed |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 160 tons |
Length | 93 ft (28 m) |
Beam | 22 ft 0 in (6.71 m) |
Draft | 9 ft 5 in (2.87 m) |
Propulsion | Diesel powered |
Speed | 11.0 knots |
Complement | 17 |
Armament | four machine guns |
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The fourth Nightingale was built by Western Boat Building Co., Tacoma, Washington, in 1940 as Saint Francis, a wooden hulled, diesel-powered purse seiner. She was acquired by the Navy from her owner, Hubert Ursich, at Tacoma 13 December 1941. Designated YP–150, she performed district patrol duties in the Seattle, Washington, area.