USS Plover

USS Plover

USS Plover is a name the U.S. Navy has used more than once in naming a vessel:

* USS "Plover" (AM-12) Lapwing class minesweeper, but construction of this ship was cancelled 4 December 1918.
* USS "Plover" (AM-408), an Admirable class minesweeper, construction was cancelled on 11 August, 1945.
* USS Plover (AMc-3) a minesweeper purchased on 16 October 1940.
* USS Plover (AMS-33) laid down 12 October 1943 by Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co., Kingston, New York.

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