USS Sandpiper (AM-51)
USS Sandpiper (AM-51) was a Lapwing-class minesweeper. Laid down on 15 November 1918 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and launched on 28 April 1919, USS Sandpiper (Minesweeper No.51) was commissioned on 9 October 1919, redesignated AM-51 on 17 February 1920, and reclassified as a Small Seaplane Tender, AVP-9 on 22 January 1936.
Read more about USS Sandpiper (AM-51): USS Sandpiper Mission, North Atlantic Operations, Pacific Ocean Operations, Central American Operations, World War II North Atlantic Operations, Damaged in Ship Collision, World War II South Atlantic Operations, End-of-war Activities, Decommissioning
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“When the sandpiper and the clam grapple, it is the fisherman that profits.”
—Chinese proverb.