USS Kestrel (AMc-5)

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

USS Kestrel (AMc-5), was built in 1938 as Chanco by the Salisbury Yacht Co., Salisbury, Maryland. The yacht was acquired by the United States Navy on 1 October 1940, converted to a coastal minesweeper, and commissioned as USS Kestrel (AMc-5) on 21 January 1941.

History
United States
Name	USS Kestrel
Builder	Salisbury Yacht Co., Salisbury, Maryland
Launched	1938, as Chanco
Acquired	1 October 1940
Commissioned	21 January 1941
Decommissioned	29 October 1945
Reclassified	IX-175, 10 July 1944
Fate	Delivered to the War Shipping Administration, 5 August 1946
General characteristics
Type	Coastal minesweeper
Displacement	219 long tons (223 t)
Length	98 ft 10 in (30.12 m)
Beam	21 ft 9 in (6.63 m)
Draft	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Speed	11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Complement	19
Armament	2 × .30 caliber machine guns

Service history

She was assigned to the 5th Naval District and operated on inshore patrol duty out of Norfolk, Virginia, until 11 January 1944. Sailing to Boston, Massachusetts, Kestrel performed similar duties in the 1st Naval District.

She was reclassified as Unclassified Miscellaneous Auxiliary Ship IX-175 on 10 July 1944 and operated for the remainder of her service as an experimental vessel for Radiation Laboratory, M.I.T., Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Kestrel was placed out of service on 29 October 1945 and delivered to the War Shipping Administration for disposal on 5 August 1946.

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 Kestrel (AMc5/IX-175) at NavSource Naval History