Lapwing Class Minesweeper: Laid down, 8 December 1917 by the Sun Shipbuilding Co., Chester, PA; Launched, 30 May 1918; Commissioned USS Brant (Minesweeper No. 24), 5 September 1918; Designated AM-24, 17 July 1920; Reclassified as a Fleet Tug AT-132, 1 June 1942; Reclassified as a Salvage Ship ARS-32, 1 September 1942; Decommissioned, 19 December 1945 at the New York Navy Yard; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 19 August 1946. Fate unknown.
Final information about temporary lightships WW1
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