USS Frigate Bird (AMc-27)

USS Frigate Bird (AMc-27) was a Frigate Bird-class coastal minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing.

History
United States
Ordered: as Star of San Pedro
Laid down: 1935
Launched: 1935
In service: 30 January 1941
Out of service: 27 April 1943
Stricken: 27 November 1944
Fate: fate, unknown
General characteristics
Displacement: not known
Length: not known
Beam: not known
Draft: not known
Speed: not known
Complement: not known
Armament: not known

World War II service

The first ship to be named Frigate Bird by the Navy, AMc-27 served in a noncommissioned status in the 13th Naval District between 30 January 1941 and 27 April 1943.

Frigate Bird was struck from the Navy list 27 November 1944.

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