USS Cormorant (AMS-122/MSC-122) was a Bluebird-class minesweeper in the United States Navy.
_13_October_1953.jpg) USS Cormorant (AMS-122), off Mare Island, 13 October 1953.
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Cormorant |
| Namesake | Cormorant |
| Builder | Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California |
| Laid down | 5 February 1952 |
| Launched | 8 June 1953 |
| Commissioned | 14 August 1953 |
| Reclassified | Coastal Minesweeper, 7 February 1955 |
| Stricken | 15 March 1974 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Sold for scrap, 1 December 1974 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type | Bluebird-class minesweeper |
| Displacement | 330 long tons (340 t) |
| Length | 144 ft (44 m) |
| Beam | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
| Draft | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion | 2 × screws |
| Speed | 13 kn (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
| Complement | 39 |
| Armament |
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Construction
editCormorant was laid down 5 February 1952[citation needed], as AMS-122; launched 8 June 1953, by Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California; sponsored by Mrs. I. H. Whitthorne; and commissioned 14 August 1953. She was reclassified MSC-122, 7 February 1955.[2]
East Coast Activity
editFor the rest of the year Cormorant conducted minesweeping, sonar school, and other operations on the West Coast except for a brief cruise to Pearl Harbor for duty with the Naval Reserve Training Center.[2]
Pacific Ocean operations
editSailing to the Far East, Cormorant arrived at her new home port Sasebo 22 February. She remained in the western Pacific conducting minesweeping exercises in Korean and Japanese waters and voyaging to Formosa, Okinawa, and the Philippines for training through 1960.[2]
Cormorant's final homeport was Everett, Washington, where she served as a Reserve training ship.[citation needed]
Decommissioning
editCormorant was decommissioned at Everett, Washington in 1970.[citation needed] She was struck from the Naval Register 15 March 1974. She was disposed of 1 December 1974, through the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service for scrap.[1]
Notes
edit- Citations
- ^ a b c DANFS 2015.
Bibliography
editOnline resources
- "Cormorant II (AMS-122)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. 6 July 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - "USS Cormorant (MSC 122)". Navsource.org. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
Further reading
edit- Blackman, Raymond V. B (1962). Jane's Fighting Ships 1962–63. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.
External links
edit- Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
- Cormorant AMS-122
- Photo gallery of USS Cormorant (AMS/MSC-122) at NavSource Naval History