USS Whippoorwill (AMS-207)
| Career (USA) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Whippoorwill |
| Builder: | Bellingham Shipyards Co., Bellingham, Washington |
| Laid down: | 7 January 1954 |
| Launched: | 13 August 1954 |
| Commissioned: | 20 October 1955 |
| Decommissioned: | 15 December 1970 |
| Out of service: | 30 June 1975 |
| Reclassified: | MSC-207, 7 February 1955 |
| Struck: | 1 July 1975 |
| Honors and awards: |
6 engagement stars and Meritorious Unit Commendation (Vietnam) Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (Taiwan) |
| Fate: | Sold to the Republic of Singapore, August 1979 |
| Career (Singapore) | |
| Name: | RSS Jupiter (M-101) |
| Acquired: | August 1979 |
| Struck: | September 2001 |
| Fate: | Sold to Indonesia, 21 March 2002 |
| Career (Indonesia) | |
| Name: | KRI Cucut 866 |
| Acquired: | 21 March 2002 |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2013 |
| Notes: | another ship of RSS Jupiter |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Redwing-class minesweeper |
| Displacement: | 412 long tons (419 t) |
| Length: | 145 ft (44 m) |
| Beam: | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
| Draft: | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × 880 bhp (656 kW) General Motors diesel engines, 2 shafts |
| Speed: | 12.8 knots (23.7 km/h; 14.7 mph) |
| Complement: | 40 |
| Armament: | • 1 × single 20 mm gun • 2 × .50 calibre machine guns • 1 × 81 mm mortar |
USS Whippoorwill (AM-207) was a Redwing-class minesweeper of the United States Navy. Laid down on 7 January 1954 as AMS-207 by the Bellingham Shipyards Co., Bellingham, Washington and launched on 13 August 1954. Redesignated a Coastal Minesweeper MSC-207 on 7 February 1955, the ship was commissioned on 20 October 1955 at Tacoma, Washington.
Read more about USS Whippoorwill (AMS-207): Pacific Ocean Operations, Quemoy and Matsu Crisis, Vietnam War Support and Operations, Market Time Patrols, Return To Stateside, Decommissioning, Awards
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