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USS Turkey (AM-13)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Turkey.
USS Turkey (AM-13) was a Lapwing-class minesweeper the U.S. Navy, thus named after the bird, not after the country which in 1917 was an enemy in the ongoing World War I. The minesweeper was acquired by for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing.
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Name | USS Turkey |
Builder | Chester Shipbuilding, Chester, Pennsylvania |
Laid down | 19 August 1917 |
Launched | 30 April 1918, as Minesweeper No.13 |
Commissioned | 13 December 1918 |
Decommissioned | 6 November 1945 |
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Stricken | 28 November 1945 |
Honours and awards | 1 battle star (World War II) |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 30 December 1946 |
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Class and type | Lapwing-class minesweeper |
Displacement | 840 long tons (853 t) |
Length | 187 ft 10 in (57.25 m) |
Beam | 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) |
Draft | 8 ft 10 in (2.69 m) |
Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
Complement | 85 |
Armament | 2 × 3 in (76 mm) guns |
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Turkey (Minesweeper No. 13) was laid down on 19 August 1917 at Chester, Pennsylvania, by the Chester Shipbuilding Co.; launched on 30 April 1918; sponsored by Mrs. W. T. Smith; and commissioned on 13 December 1918.