USS Bittern (AM-36)
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Bittern |
| Builder: | Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Co., Mobile, Alabama |
| Launched: | 15 February 1919 |
| Commissioned: | 28 May 1919, as Minesweeper No.36 |
| Reclassified: | AM-36, 17 July 1920 |
| Fate: | Scuttled in Manila Bay, 10 December 1941 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Lapwing-class minesweeper |
| Displacement: | 840 long tons (853 t) |
| Length: | 187 ft 10 in (57.25 m) |
| Beam: | 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) |
| Draft: | 9 ft 10 in (3.00 m) |
| Speed: | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Complement: | 72 |
| Armament: | • 2 × 3 in (76 mm) guns • 2 × machine guns |
USS Bittern (AM-36) was a Lapwing-class minesweeper in the United States Navy. She was named after the bittern, a bird of the heron family.
Bittern was launched 15 February 1919 by Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Co., Mobile, Alabama; sponsored by Mrs. C. R. Doll; and commissioned 28 May 1919, Lieutenant W. P. Bachmann in command. She was scuttled after damage from enemy action in the early days of World War II.
Read more about USS Bittern (AM-36): Initial Operations, Assigned To The Far East, Scuttled After Attack By Japanese Planes
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