USS Swallow (AM-4)

USS Swallow (AM-4)

USS "Swallow" (AM-4) was an "Lapwing"-class minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing.

"Swallow" was laid down at New York City on 18 March 1918 by the Todd Shipyard Corp.; launched on Independence Day 1918; sponsored by Miss Sara V. Brereton; and commissioned on 8 October 1918, Lt. B. C. Philips in command.

North Atlantic operations

Following commissioning, "Swallow" underwent minor adjustments and prepared for foreign service. On 6 April 1919, she steamed out of Boston Harbor, bound for Inverness, Scotland. There she joined the Minesweeping Detachment of the Northern Barrage. For most of the remainder of 1919. "Swallow" swept mines from the North Sea Barrage laid by the Allied and Associated Powers during World War I.

West Coast operations

The minesweeper returned to the United States late in 1919 and put into the navy yard at Charleston, South Carolina, for overhaul and repairs. Early in 1920, she sailed for the U.S. West Coast and then north to Bremerton, Washington. For the next 18 years, "Swallow" operated along the northwestern Pacific coast of North America, spending much of her time in Alaskan waters. In 1934, she became a unit of the Aleutian Islands Survey Expedition.

"Swallow" runs aground

On 19 February 1938, "Swallow" ran aground at Kanaga Island and was stranded there. Salvage efforts soon proved impracticable and her name was struck from the Navy list on 5 May 1938.

References

See also

* List of United States Navy ships
* Lapwing class minesweeper
* World War I
* Minesweeper (ship)
* Minesweeping

External links

* [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/#Anchor-Editoria-14954 Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]
* [http://www.multied.com/navy/Minelayer/swallow.html USS Swallow]
* [http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/5160.html USS Swallow (AM 4)]
* [http://uboat.net/allies/warships/class.html?ID=225 uboat.net - Allied Warships - Lapwing class Minesweepers]
* [http://www.amnwr.com/ShipwreckList.htm Shipwrecks and Groundings in the Aleutian Islands, Islands off the Alaska Peninsula, and Pribilof Islands]


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