USS Finch (AM-9)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Finch.
USS Finch (AM-9) was a Lapwing-class minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing. Finch was named for the finch, and is strictly speaking the only U.S. vessel named for such.
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United States | |
Name | USS Finch |
Builder | Standard Shipbuilding Co., New York |
Launched | 30 March 1918 |
Commissioned | 10 September 1918, as Minesweeper No.9 |
Reclassified | AM-9, 17 July 1920 |
Stricken | 8 May 1942 |
Honours and awards | 1 battle star (World War II) |
Fate | damaged by Japanese bomb, 10 April 1942 |
Notes | salvaged by Japanese |
History | |
Japan | |
Name | PB-103 |
Fate | Sunk by United States bombs, 12 January 1945 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Lapwing-class minesweeper |
Displacement | 950 long tons (965 t) |
Length | 187 ft 10 in (57.25 m) |
Beam | 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) |
Draft | 10 ft 4 in (3.15 m) |
Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
Complement | 78 |
Armament | 2 × 3 in (76 mm) guns |
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Finch was launched 30 March 1918 by Standard Shipbuilding Co., New York; sponsored by Mrs. F. G. Peabody; and commissioned 10 September 1918.