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Histories for USS Whippoorwill - MSC 207 |
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| 30 Apr |
The First USS Whippoorwill (Minesweeper No. 35 / AM-35 / AT / AT(O)-169) 1917-1946
The first USS Whippoorwill was named for the “Whippoorwill,” a small nocturnal bird common to the eastern United States, so-called for its reiterated cry.
This Lapwing Class Minesweeper was designated Minesweeper No. 35. Her keel was laid down on 12 December 1917 at Mobile, Ala., by the Alabama... More |
| 30 Apr |
COMMAND HISTORY OF THE USS WHIPPOORWILL (MSC 207) 1954-1975
Years 1954 - 1965
Displacement-412 tons; Length-145’; Beam 28’; Draft 12’; Complement-40 Officers and Enlisted; Armament-I 20mm., 2 .50-cal. mg., 1 81mm. H.; Main Engines-2 GM diesels; Shafts-2; Speed-12.8 knots; Radius-2,500 miles at 10 knots; Class-Redwing
The second Whippoorwill (MSC—207)... More |
| 11 Aug |
USS WHIPPOORWILL (MSC 207)
(Ed Livingston)
COMMAND HISTORY OF THE
USS WHIPPOORWILL (MSC 207)
1954-1975
Years 1954 - 1965
Displacement-412 tons; Length-145’; Beam 28’; Draft 12’; Complement-40 Officers and Enlisted; Armament-I 20mm., 2 .50-cal. mg., 1 81mm. H.; Main Engines-2 GM diesels; Shafts-2; Speed-12.8 knots; Radius-2,500 miles... More [+2 pictures ] |
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