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Lapwing Class Minesweepers Converted to Seaplane Tenders: USS Swan, USS Thrush, USS Heron, USS Sandpiper, USS Avocet, USS Gannet, USS Teal


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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Uss Swan, Uss Thrush, Uss Heron, Uss Sandpiper, Uss Avocet, Uss Gannet, Uss Teal, Uss Lapwing, Uss Pelican. Excerpt: USS Avocet in foreground during the Attack on Pearl Harbor . USS Nevada is in the background, with a large American flag on her bow. USS Avocet (AM-19/AVP-4) was a Lapwing -class -class minesweeper initially acquired by the U.S. Navy for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing. Avocet was commissioned at the Norfolk Navy Yard, on 17 September 1918, as a minesweeper with Lieutenant Christian Crone in command. Recommissioned on 8 September 1925 as a small seaplane tender, USS Avocet (AVP-4) was present during the Pearl Harbor attack on 7 December 1941. The ship survived the war, and was sold as a hulk on 6 December 1946. Avocet 's role in the Attack on Pearl Harbor At about 0745 on Sunday, 7 December 1941, Avocet's security watch reported Japanese planes bombing the seaplane hangars at the south end of Ford Island and sounded general quarters . Her crew promptly brought up ammunition to her guns and the ship opened fire. The first shot from Avocet 's starboard 3 in (76.2 mm) gun scored a direct hit on a Nakajima B5N N2 carrier attack plane ("Kate") that had just scored a torpedo hit on the battleship California, moored nearby. The "Kate," from the aircraft carrier Kaga 's air group, caught fire, slanted down from the sky, and crashed on the grounds of the naval hospital, one of five such planes lost by Kaga that morning. Initially firing at torpedo planes, Avocet 's gunners shifted their fire to dive bombers attacking ships in the drydock area at the start of the forenoon watch. Then, sighting high altitude bombers overhead, they shifted their fire again. Soon afterwards five bombs splashed in a nearb...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781155212890
  • Publisher: Books LLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC
  • Height: 152 mm
  • No of Pages: 52
  • Spine Width: 3 mm
  • Weight: 91 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1155212894
  • Publisher Date: 01 May 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: USS Swan, USS Thrush, USS Heron, USS Sandpiper, USS Avocet, USS Gannet, USS Teal
  • Width: 229 mm


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