Category:USS Sandpiper (AMCU-38)

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Ship[edit]

  • Type: LCI-351 class Landing Craft Infantry (Large), later converted to AMCU-7 class minesweeper
  • Built by: Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, TX
  • Yard No: 1302
  • Keel laid: 1944.04.29
  • Launched: 1944.05.27
  • Completed: 1944.06.19
  • Length over all: 158 ft 5.5 in
  • Beam: 23 ft 3 in
  • GT:
  • DWT:
  • www.shipbuildinghistory.com
  • www.navsource.org
  • www.history.navy.mil

History[edit]

  • 1943 Named USS LCI(L)-1008; Flag: United States
  • 1946.08 Decommissioned
  • 1952.03 Renamed USS Sandpiper (AMCU-38); Flag: United States
    • Converted to coastal minesweeper at Charleston Naval Shipyard from 1953.04 to 1953.11
  • 1955.02 Renamed USS Sandpiper (MHC-38); Flag: United States
  • 1960 Removed from service
  • 1960.09 Sold to Miami Power Squadron, Inc, Miami Beach
  • 1974 last known documentation

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