USS Sandpiper

USS Sandpiper

Two ships of the United States Navy have been named USS "Sandpiper", after the sandpiper, a shore bird related to the plovers and snipes.

* USS "Sandpiper" (AM-51) laid down on 15 November 1918 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard.

* USS "Sandpiper" (MHC-38) laid down as "LCI(L)-1008" on 29 April 1944 by the Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, Texas.

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