Lapwing 1918
Thrush 1943
| No | Name | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| AM1, 1.1936- AVP1 | Lapwing | Todd SB, Brooklyn | 10.1917 | 14.3.1918 | 6/1918 | seaplane tender 1.1936, stricken 1946 | |
| AM2 | Owl | Todd SB, Brooklyn | 10/1917 | 4.3.1918 | 7.1918 | tug AT137 6.1942 | |
| AM3 | Robin | Todd SB, Brooklyn | 3/1918 | 17.6.1918 | 8.1918 | tug AT140 6.1942 | |
| AM4 | Swallow | Todd SB, Brooklyn | 3/1917 | 4.7.1918 | 10.1918 | wrecked 19.2.1938 | |
| AM5 | Tanager | Staten Is SB, Port Richmond | 9/1917 | 2.3.1918 | 6.1918 | sunk 4.5.1942 | |
| AM6 | Cardinal | Staten Is SB, Port Richmond | 10.1917 | 29.3.1918 | 8.1918 | wrecked 6.6.1923 | |
| AM7 | Oriole | Staten Is SB, Port Richmond | 3.1918 | 3.7.1918 | 11.1918 | tug AT136 6.1942 | |
| AM8 | Curlew | Staten Is SB, Port Richmond | 4.1918 | 29.8.1918 | 1.1919 | wrecked 15.12.1925 | |
| AM9 | Finch | Standard SB, Shooters Is | 8/1917 | 30.3.1918 | 9.1918 | sunk 6.5.1942, captured by Japanese (第103号哨戒艇 [103-go]) | |
| AM10, 1.1936- AVP2 | Heron | Standard SB, Shooters Is | 8/1917 | 18.3.1918 | 10.1918 | seaplane tender 1.1936, stricken 12.1946 | |
| AM11 | Condor | Standard SB, Shooters Is | --- | --- | --- | cancelled 12.1918 | |
| AM12 | Plover | Standard SB, Shooters Is | --- | --- | --- | cancelled 12.1918 | |
| AM13 | Turkey | Chester SB | 8/1917 | 30.4.1918 | 12.1918 | tug AT143 6.1942 | |
| AM14 | Woodcock | Chester SB | 10/1917 | 12.5.1918 | 2.1919 | tug AT145 6.1942 | |
| AM15 | Quail | Chester SB | 5/1918 | 6.10.1918 | 4.1919 | sunk 6.5.1942 | |
| AM16 | Partridge | Chester SB | 5/1918 | 15.10.1918 | 6.1919 | tug AT138 6.1942 | |
| AM17 | Eider | Pusey & Jones, Wilmington | 9.1917 | 26.5.1918 | 1.1919 | gate vessel YNG20 10.1940 | |
| AM18, 1.1936- AVP3 | Thrush | Pusey & Jones, Wilmington | 5.1918 | 15.9.1918 | 4.1919 | seaplane tender 1.1936, stricken 1.1946 | |
| AM19, 1.1936- AVP4 | Avocet | Baltimore SB | 9/1917 | 9.3.1918 | 9.1919 | seaplane tender 1.1936, stricken 1946 | |
| AM20 | Bobolink | Baltimore SB | 10.1917 | 15.6.1918 | 1.1919 | tug AT131 6.1942 | |
| AM21 | Lark | Baltimore SB | 3.1918 | 6.8.1918 | 4.1919 | tug AT168 3.1944 | |
| AM22 | Widgeon | Sun SB, Chester | 10/1917 | 5.5.1918 | 7.1918 | submarine rescue vessel ASR1 9.1929 | |
| AM23, 1.1936- AVP5 | Teal | Sun SB, Chester | 10/1917 | 25.5.1918 | 8.1918 | seaplane tender 1.1936, stricken 12.1946 | |
| AM24 | Brant | Sun SB, Chester | 12/1917 | 30.5.1918 | 9.1918 | tug AT132 6.1942 | |
| AM25 | Kingfisher | Puget Sound N Yd, Bremerton | 12.1917 | 30.3.1918 | 5.1918 | tug AT135 6.1942 | |
| AM26 | Rail | Puget Sound N Yd, Bremerton | 12/1917 | 25.4.1918 | 6.1918 | tug AT139 6.1942 | |
| AM27, 1.1936- AVP6 | Pelican | Gas Engine & Power Co, Morris Heights | 11/1917 | 12.6.1918 | 10.1918 | seaplane tender 1.1936, stricken 12.1945 | |
| AM28 | Falcon | Gas Engine & Power Co, Morris Heights | 11/1917 | 7.9.1918 | 11.1918 | submarine rescue vessel ASR2 9.1929 | |
| AM29 | Osprey | Gas Engine & Power Co, Morris Heights | 11/1917 | 14.11.1918 | 1.1919 | survey vessel Pioneer 4.1922 | |
| AM30 | Seagull | Gas Engine & Power Co, Morris Heights | 6/1918 | 24.12.1918 | 3.1919 | tug AT141 6.1942 | |
| AM31 | Tern | Gas Engine & Power Co, Morris Heights | 9/1918 | 22.3.1919 | 5.1919 | tug AT142 6.1942 | |
| AM32 | Flamingo | New Jersey DD & T Co, Gloucester City | 10.1917 | 24.8.1918 | 2.1919 | survey vessel Guide 1.1923 | |
| AM33 | Penguin | New Jersey DD & T Co, Gloucester City | 11/1918 | 12.6.1919 | 11.1919 | sunk 8.12.1941 | |
| AM34, 1.1936- AVP7 | Swan | Alabama SB & DD Co, Mobile | 12/1917 | 4.7.1918 | 1.1919 | seaplane tender 1.1936, stricken 1.1946 | |
| AM35 | Whippoorwill | Alabama SB & DD Co, Mobile | 12/1917 | 4.7.1919 | 4.1919 | tug AT169 3.1944 | |
| AM36 | Bittern | Alabama SB & DD Co, Mobile | 12.1917 | 15.2.1919 | 5.1919 | sunk 10.12.1941 | |
| AM37 | Sanderling | Todd SB, Brooklyn | 5/1918 | 2.9.1918 | 12.1918 | wrecked 26.6.1937 | |
| AM38 | Auk | Todd SB, Brooklyn | 6/1918 | 28.9.1918 | 1.1919 | survey vessel 4.1922 | |
| AM39 | Chewink | Todd SB, Brooklyn | 7.1918 | 21.12.1918 | 4.1919 | submarine rescue vessel ASR3 9.1929 | |
| AM40 | Cormorant | Todd SB, Brooklyn | 9.1918 | 5.2.1919 | 5.1919 | tug AT133 6.1942 | |
| AM41, 1.1936- AVP8 | Gannet | Todd SB, Brooklyn | 10/1918 | 19.3.1919 | 7.1919 | seaplane tender 1.1936, sunk 7.6.1942 | |
| AM42 | Goshawk | Todd SB, Brooklyn | --- | --- | --- | cancelled 12.1918 | |
| AM43 | Grebe | Staten Is SB, Port Richmond | 5.1918 | 17.12.1918 | 5.1919 | tug AT134 6.1942 | |
| AM44 | Mallard | Staten Is SB, Port Richmond | 5/1918 | 17.12.1918 | 6.1919 | submarine rescue vessel ASR4 9.1929 | |
| AM45 | Ortolan | Staten Is SB, Port Richmond | 7/1918 | 30.1.1919 | 9.1919 | submarine rescue vessel ASR5 9.1929 | |
| AM46 | Peacock | Staten Is SB, Port Richmond | 8/1918 | 8.4.1919 | 12.1919 | collision 24.8.1940 | |
| AM47 | Pigeon | Baltimore SB | 6/1918 | 29//1919 | 7.1919 | submarine rescue vessel ASR6 9.1929 | |
| AM48 | Redwing | Baltimore SB | 8/1918 | 7.6.1919 | 10.1919 | Coast Guard tug WAT48 5.1924 | |
| AM49 | Raven | Baltimore SB | 1918 | --- | --- | cancelled 12.1918 | |
| AM50 | Shrike | Baltimore SB | --- | --- | --- | cancelled 12.1918 | |
| AM51, 1.1936- AVP9 | Sandpiper | Philadelphia N Yd | 11/1918 | 28.4.1919 | 10.1919 | seaplane tender 1.1936, stricken 4.1946 | |
| AM52 | Vireo | Philadelphia N Yd | 11/1918 | 26.5.1919 | 10.1919 | tug AT144 6.1942 | |
| AM53 | Warbler | Philadelphia N Yd | 4.1919 | 30.7.1919 | 12.1919 | rescue vessel ARS11 9.1941 | |
| AM54 | Willet | Philadelphia N Yd | 5.1919 | 11.9.1919 | 1.1920 | rescue vessel ARS12 9.1941 |
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Displacement normal, t |
950 |
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Displacement full, t |
1400 |
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Length, m |
57.6 |
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Breadth, m |
10.8 |
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Draught, m |
3.80 |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
1 VTE, 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
1400 |
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Max speed, kts |
13.5 |
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Fuel, t |
coal |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 6850 (8) |
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Armament |
2 x 1 - 76/50 Mk III/V/VI, 2 x 1 - 7.6/90, mechanical minesweeping gear, mines |
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Complement |
85 |
Project history: Universal minesweepers/tugs of Bird class were designed in 1916.
Modernizations:
1936, Lapwing, Heron, Thrush, Avocet, Teal, Pelican, Swan, Gannet and Sandpiper were converted to seaplane tenders: minesweeping equipment was removed, ships were can supply and repair seaplanes.1942 - 1943, all survived: + 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, SO or SU radar
1942 - 1943, all survived seaplane tenders: + 2 DCR
1/1946, AVP: 2 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 3.5.6, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 2 DCR, SO or SU radar
Naval service: Warbler and Willet served as rescue tugs from 1920. Cardinal grounded on a reef off Chirikof Island (Dutch Harbor) 6.6.1923. Curlew grounded on the rocks at Point Mosquito, Panama, 15.12.1925. Sanderling sank accidentally 26.6.1937. Swallow ran aground at Kanaga Island (Aleutian) 19.2.1938. Peacock collided with Norwegian s/s Hindonger 24.8.1940. Penguin 8.12.1941 foundered in harbour of Guam being damaged by Japanese aircraft. Bittern 10.12.1941 was badly damaged by Japanese aircraft and 8.4.1942 scuttled off Corregidor. Tanager 4.5.1942 was scuttled at Manila. Finch 6.5.1942 was sunk at Corregidor (under other data, 10.4.1942 she was lost at coast of Philippines), salvaged by Japanese, repaired and commissioned in April, 1943 as patrol ship no103; she was sunk 12.1.1945 by American aircraft. Quail 6.5.1942 was scuttled at Corregidor. Gannet 7.6.1942 near Bermuda was sunk by German submarine U653.
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