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USS Tern (AM-31)
Minesweeper of the United States Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Tern.
The second USS Tern (AM-31) was an Lapwing-class 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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Name | USS Tern |
Builder | Gas Engine & Power Co. and the C. L. Seabury Co., Morris Heights, New York |
Laid down | 7 September 1918 |
Launched | 22 March 1919 |
Commissioned | 17 May 1919, as Minesweeper No.31 |
Decommissioned | 23 November 1945 |
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Stricken | 5 December 1945 |
Honours and awards | 1 battle star (World War II) |
Fate | Most likely scrapped |
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Class and type | Lapwing-class minesweeper |
Displacement | 950 long tons (965 t) |
Length | 187 ft 10 in (57.25 m) |
Beam | 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) |
Draft | 9 ft 9 in (2.97 m) |
Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
Complement | 100 |
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Tern was laid down on 7 September 1918 at Morris Heights, New York, by the Gas Engine & Power Co. and the C. L. Seabury Co.; launched on 22 March 1919; sponsored by Mrs. Bruce Scrimgeour; and commissioned on 17 May 1919 as Minesweeper No. 31.