(AM-9)
Lapwing Class minesweeper
Built 1918 - 187'10" ba x 36'6" x 10' - 950 tons displ
Crew complement 78
Equipped with a cluster of three 80cp electric lens lanterns at 51 feet, steam
siren, and submarine bell signal
Painted gray with black bows, marked "NY 1" in white
Stationed 56 mi - 115 degrees from Ambrose Lightship
Later sunk by Japanese bomber near Corregidor
in 1942
Note: Further research has shown that this ships history did not end with her sinking. The following notes are from the Naval Register:
"Abandoned to sink, 10 April 1942; Struck from the Naval Register, 8 May 1942; Salvaged by the Japanese and renamed IJN No. P-103; Sunk off Indochina 12 January 1945 by units of Task Force 38."
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