USS Flamingo (AMc-22)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Flamingo.

USS Flamingo (AMc-22) was a coastal minesweeper of the United States Navy.

History
United States
Name	USS Flamingo
Launched	1940, as Harriet N. Eldridge
Acquired	4 November 1940
Commissioned	6 June 1941
Reclassified	IX-180 (Unclassified Miscellaneous Auxiliary), 17 July 1944
Stricken	8 January 1946
Fate	Transferred to the Maritime Commission for sale, 6 January 1945
General characteristics
Type	Coastal minesweeper
Length	90 ft (27 m)
Beam	20 ft (6.1 m)
Draft	10 ft (3.0 m)
Armament	2 × .30 caliber machine guns

The ship was laid down in 1940 as the fishing dragger Harriet N. Eldridge, acquired by the U.S. Navy on 4 November 1940, and placed in service as Flamingo on 6 June 1941.

Flamingo was in service from 6 June 1941 to 10 December 1945, serving in the 4th Naval District and the Potomac River Naval Command.

She was redesignated and reclassified as the Unclassified Miscellaneous Auxiliary, IX-180 on 17 July 1944. Flamingo was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 8 January 1946. Fate unknown.

References

•  This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

External links

• Photo gallery of USS Flamingo(AMc-22/IX-180) at NavSource Naval History