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* was a "Lapwing"-class minesweeper, launched in 1919, reclassified a Submarine Rescue Vessel (ASR–6) in 1929, and sunk in action in 1942.
* was an "Auk"-class minesweeper, laid down in 1944 and struck in 1966.
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USS Pigeon (AM-374) — was an Auk 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. Pigeon was laid down 10 November 1944 by the Savannah Machine and Foundry Co.,… … Wikipedia
USS Pigeon (ASR-6) — The first USS Pigeon (AM 47/ASR 6) was a Lapwing class minesweeper of the United States Navy. She was later converted to a submarine rescue ship. She was named for the avian ambassador, the pigeon. Pigeon was laid down by the Baltimore Dry Dock… … Wikipedia
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USS Snapper (SS-185) — USS Snapper (SS 185), a Salmon class submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the snapper, any of numerous carnivorous, bass like fishes, esteemed as food and as game fishes. Her keel was laid down by the Portsmouth … Wikipedia
USS Villalobos (PG-42) — was a steel screw gunboat originally built for the Spanish Navy as the SPS Villalobos but captured by the United States Army during the Philippine American War and recommissioned into the United States Navy. The ship spent almost all of her life… … Wikipedia
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USS Hendrick Hudson (1859) — was a schooner rigged screw steamer captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Navy as a gunboat in support of the Union blockade of the ports of the Confederate States of America. Service in the Confederate… … Wikipedia
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