USS Mockingbird (AMc-28)

USS Mockingbird (AMc-28) was a coastal minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy for use in World War II. Her task was to clear minefields in coastal waterways.

History
United States
NameUSS Mockingbird
Orderedas Rio Douro
Laid downdate unknown
Launched1936
Acquired30 October 1940
Commissioned12 June 1941
Decommissioned18 February 1944
Stricken29 July 1944
FateTransferred to the WSA, 23 July 1945
General characteristics
Displacement205 tons
Length97 ft 1 in (29.59 m)
Beam20 ft 9 in (6.32 m)
Draft9 ft 6 in (2.90 m)
PropulsionDiesel, one shaft
Speed10 kts
Complementunknown
Armamentsix .30 cal (7.62 mm) machine guns

The first Navy ship to be named Mockingbird, AMc-28, a wooden dragger built in 1936 as Rio Douro by Morse Shipyards, Thomaston, Maine, was purchased by the U.S. Navy from L. C. McEwen and A. M. Pereira of Gloucester, Massachusetts, 30 October 1940; converted to a coastal minesweeper by the General Ship & Engine Works, East Boston, Massachusetts; renamed Mockingbird 14 November 1940; and placed in service at Boston 12 June 1941.

Mockingbird departed Boston 14 July 1941 for Yorktown, Virginia. Arriving there on the 18th, she underwent training at the Mine Warfare School and on 20 August reported for duty with the Experimental Mine Sweeping Group. She continued to operate in the 5th Naval District until 18 February 1944, when she was placed out of service at Norfolk, Virginia.

Struck from the Naval Register 29 July 1944, she was delivered to WSA for disposal at Little Creek, Virginia, 23 July 1945. Her subsequent status and fate are unknown.

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