USS Penguin (AM-33)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Penguin.
USS Penguin (AM-33) was a Lapwing-class minesweeper acquired by the United States Navy, named after the bird.
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United States | |
Name | USS Penguin |
Builder | New Jersey Dry Dock and Transportation Co., Elizabethport, New Jersey |
Laid down | 17 November 1917 |
Launched | 12 June 1918 |
Commissioned | 21 November 1918, as Minesweeper No.33 |
Reclassified | AM-33, 17 July 1920 |
Fate | Scuttled, 8 December 1941 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Lapwing-class minesweeper |
Displacement | 1,009 long tons (1,025 t) full load |
Length | 187 ft 10 in (57.25 m) |
Beam | 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) |
Draft | 10 ft 4 in (3.15 m) |
Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
Complement | 78 |
Armament | 2 × 3 in (76 mm) guns |
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Penguin was laid down on 17 November 1917 at the New Jersey Dry Dock and Transportation Co., Elizabethport, New Jersey; launched on 12 June 1918; and commissioned on 21 November 1918.