Lapwing Class Minesweeper (1918)

Forty-nine Bird class mineseepers (also called the Lapwing class) were completed for the U.S. Navy from 1918 through 1920. Five more were cancelled.

[hide]Overview of forty-nine vessels
Citations for this data available on individual ship pages
Name	Hull No.	Builder	Laid Down	Launched	Completed	Fate
Lapwing	AM-1	Todd	25 Oct, 1917	14 Mar, 1918	12 Jun, 1918
Owl	AM-2	Todd	25 Oct, 1917	4 May, 1918	11 Jul, 1918
Robin	AM-3	Todd	4 Mar, 1918	17 Jun, 1918	29 Aug, 1918
Swallow	AM-4	Todd	18 Mar, 1918	4 Jul, 1918	8 Oct, 1918
Tanager	AM-5	Staten Island SB	28 Sep, 1917	2 Mar, 1918	28 Jun, 1918
Cardinal	AM-6	Staten Island SB	11 Oct, 1917	29 Mar, 1918	23 Aug, 1918
Oriole	AM-7	Staten Island SB	6 Mar, 1918	3 Jul, 1918	5 Nov, 1918
Curlew	AM-8	Staten Island SB	1 Apr, 1918	29 Aug, 1918	7 Feb, 1919
Finch	AM-9	Standard SB	22 Aug, 1917	30 Mar, 1918	10 Sep, 1918
Heron	AM-10	Standard SB	26 Aug, 1917	18 May, 1918	30 Oct, 1918
Condor	AM-11	Gas Engine and Seabury	23 Nov, 1918	—	—	Cancelled
Plover	AM-12	Gas Engine and Seabury	—	—	—	Cancelled
Turkey	AM-13	Chester SB	19 Oct, 1917	30 Apr, 1918	13 Dec, 1918
Woodcock	AM-14	Chester SB	19 Oct, 1917	12 May, 1918	19 Feb, 1919
Quail	AM-15	Chester SB	14 May, 1918	6 Oct, 1918	29 Apr, 1919
Template:US-Patridge	AM-16	Chester SB	14 May, 1918	6 Oct, 1918	29 Apr, 1919
Eider	AM-17	Pusey & Jones	25 Sep, 1917	27 May, 1918	23 Jan, 1919
Thrush	AM-18	Pusey & Jones	27 May, 1918	15 Sep, 1918	25 Apr, 1919
Avocet	AM-19	Baltimore DD&S	13 Sep, 1917	9 Mar, 1918	17 Sep, 1918
Bobolink	AM-20	Baltimore DD&S	29 Oct, 1917	15 Jun, 1918	28 Jan, 1919
Lark	AM-21	Baltimore DD&S	11 Mar, 1918	6 Aug, 1918	12 Apr, 1919
Widgeon	AM-22	Sun Shipbuilding	8 Oct, 1917	5 May, 1918	28 Jul, 1918
Teal	AM-23	Sun Shipbuilding	8 Oct, 1917	25 May, 1918	20 Aug, 1918
Brant	AM-24	Sun Shipbuilding	8 Dec, 1917	30 May, 1918	5 Sep, 1918
Kingfisher	AM-25	Puget Sound NYd	15 Dec, 1917	30 Mar, 1918	27 May, 1918
Rail	AM-26	Puget Sound NYd	15 Dec, 1917	25 Apr, 1918	5 Jun, 1918
Pelican	AM-27	Gas Engine and Seabury	10 Nov, 1917	15 Jun, 1918	10 Oct, 1918
Falcon	AM-28	Gas Engine and Seabury	14 Nov, 1917	7 Sep, 1918	12 Nov, 1918
Osprey	AM-29	Gas Engine and Seabury	14 Nov, 1917	19 Nov, 1918	7 Jan, 1919
Seagull	AM-30	Gas Engine and Seabury	15 Jun, 1918	24 Dec, 1918	6 May, 1919
Tern	AM-31	Gas Engine and Seabury	7 Sep, 1918	22 May, 1919	17 May, 1919
Flamingo	AM-32	New Jersey DD&T	18 Oct, 1917	24 Aug, 1918	12 Feb, 1919
Penguin	AM-33	New Jersey DD&T	17 Nov, 1917	12 Jun, 1918	21 Nov, 1918	Scuttled 8 Dec, 1941
Swan	AM-34	Alabama DD&S	10 Dec, 1917	4 Jul, 1918	31 Jan, 1919
Whippoorwill	AM-35	Alabama DD&S	12 Dec, 1917	28 Jan, 1919	1 Apr, 1919
Bittern	AM-36	Alabama DD&S	12 Dec, 1917	15 Feb, 1919	28 May, 1919
Sanderling	AM-37	Todd	27 Mar, 1918	2 Sep, 1918	1 Apr, 1919
Auk	AM-38	Todd	20 Jun, 1918	28 Sep, 1918	31 Jan, 1919
Chewink	AM-39	Todd	8 Jul, 1918	21 Dec, 1918	9 Apr, 1919
Cormorant	AM-40	Todd	1 Oct, 1918	19 Mar, 1919	15 May, 1919
Gannet	AM-41	Todd	1 Oct, 1918	19 May, 1919	10 Jul, 1919
Goshawk	AM-42	Todd	—	—	—	Cancelled
Grebe	AM-43	Staten Island SB	25 May, 1918	17 Dec, 1918	1 May, 1919
Mallard	AM-44	Staten Island SB	25 May, 1918	17 Dec, 1918	25 Jun, 1919
Ortolan	AM-45	Staten Island SB	9 Jul, 1918	30 Jan, 1919	17 Sep, 1919
Peacock	AM-46	Staten Island SB	31 Aug, 1918	8 Apr, 1919	27 Dec, 1919
Pigeon	AM-47	Baltimore DD&S	15 Jun, 1918	29 Jan, 1919	15 Jul, 1919
Redwing	AM-48	Baltimore DD&S	5 Aug, 1918	7 Jun, 1919	17 Oct, 1919
Raven	AM-49	Baltimore DD&S	—	—	—	Cancelled
Shrike	AM-50	Baltimore DD&S	—	—	—	Cancelled
Sandpiper	AM-51	Philadelphia NYd	15 Nov, 1918	28 Apr, 1919	9 Oct, 1919
Vireo	AM-52	Philadelphia NYd	20 Nov, 1918	28 Apr, 1919	9 Oct, 1919
Warbler	AM-53	Philadelphia NYd	28 Apr, 1919	30 Jul, 1919	22 Dec, 1919
Willet	AM-54	Philadelphia NYd	26 May, 1919	11 Sep, 1919	29 Jan, 1920

Armament

• two 3-inch/50 caliber

See Also

• Wikipedia

Bibliography

• Gray, Randal (editor) (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
• Silverstone, Paul H. (2006). The U.S. Navy Warship Series: The New Navy 1883-1922. New York: Routledge.