USS Bobolink

USS Bobolink

Two ships of the United States Navy have been named "Bobolink", after the American bird, the bobolink.

* The USS|Bobolink|AM-20, was commissioned in 1919 and decommissioned in 1946.

* The USS|Bobolink|AMS-2, was originally the "YMS-164" and renamed "Bobolink" in 1947. She was struck in 1960.

References

*DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/b7-list.htm


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