Lapwing-class minesweeper

Class overview
USS Lapwing (AM-1) and other ships of the squadron anchored in the Hudson River, off New York City
Operators:	United States Navy
Succeeded by:	Raven-class minesweeper
Built:	1917–1919
In commission:	1918–1953
Completed:	48
General characteristics
Type:	Minesweeper
Displacement:	840 long tons (853 t)
Length:	187 ft 10 in (57.25 m)
Beam:	35 ft 5 in (10.80 m)
Draft:	15 ft (4.6 m)
Propulsion:	Reciprocating engine
Speed:	14 knots (16 mph; 26 km/h)
Complement:	75
Armament:	2 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber guns

The Lapwing-class minesweeper, often called the Bird class, was an early "AM-type" oceangoing minesweeper of the United States Navy. Forty-eight ships of the class were commissioned during World War I, and served well into the 1950s. A number were refitted to serve as ocean-going tugs, salvage vessels, seaplane tenders, or submarine rescue ships.

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Lapwing-class minesweepers

United States Navy (minesweepers)	Lapwing Owl Robin Swallow Tanager Cardinal Oriole Curlew Finch Heron Condor - canceled Plover - canceled Turkey Woodcock Quail Partridge Eider Thrush Avocet Bobolink Lark Widgeon Teal Brant Kingfisher Rail Pelican Falcon Osprey Seagull Tern Flamingo Penguin Swan Whippoorwill Bittern Sanderling Auk Chewink Cormorant Gannet Grebe Mallard Ortolan Peacock Pigeon Redwing Sandpiper Vireo Warbler Willet

United States Navy (rescue and salvage ships)	Viking

United States Coast and Geodetic Survey (survey ships)	Discoverer Guide Pioneer

Preceded by: None Followed by: Raven class List of minesweepers of the United States Navy

United States naval ship classes of World War II

Aircraft carriers	Lexington Ranger^S Yorktown Wasp^S Essex Midway^C

Light aircraft carriers	Independence Saipan^C

Escort carriers	Long Island Charger Bogue Sangamon Casablanca Commencement Bay

Battleships	Wyoming New York Nevada Pennsylvania New Mexico Tennessee Colorado North Carolina South Dakota Iowa Montana^X

Large cruisers	Alaska

Heavy cruisers	Pensacola Northampton Portland New Orleans Wichita^S Baltimore Oregon City^C Des Moines^C

Light cruisers	Omaha Brooklyn St. Louis Atlanta Cleveland Fargo^C Juneau^C Worcester^C

Gunboats	Asheville Tulsa Dubuque Plymouth^S Williamsburg^S St. Augustine^S Vixen^S Erie

Destroyers	Sampson Caldwell Wickes Clemson Farragut Porter Mahan Gridley Bagley Somers Benham Sims Benson Gleaves Fletcher Allen M. Sumner Robert H. Smith Gearing

Destroyer escorts	Evarts Buckley Cannon Edsall Rudderow John C. Butler

Patrol frigates	Asheville Tacoma

Patrol boats	Action PT boat

Minesweepers	Lapwing Raven Auk Eagle^S Hawk Admirable

Submarines	O R S Barracuda Argonaut^S Narwhal Dolphin^S Cachalot Porpoise Salmon Sargo Tambor Mackerel Gato Balao Tench

S Single ship of class C Completed after the war X Cancelled

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