USS Sanderling (AMc-11)

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NameUSS Sanderling
BuilderHarbor Boat Works, Terminal Island, California
Launched1937, as New Conti di Savoia
Acquiredby purchase, 28 October 1940
Commissioned18 April 1941
Decommissioned18 September 1944
Stricken14 October 1944
FateSold back to former owner, February 1945
General characteristics
Type Coastal minesweeper
Displacement180 long tons (183 t)
Length77 ft 8 in (23.67 m)
Beam20 ft 6 in (6.25 m)
Draft3 ft 9 in (1.14 m)
Speed10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement16
Armament2 × .30 cal (7.62 mm) machine guns

USS Sanderling (AMc-11) was a coastal minesweeper of the United States Navy.

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The ship was built in 1937 as the wooden purse seiner New Conti di Savoia by the Harbor Boat Works, Terminal Island, California; was purchased for U.S. Navy use on 28 October 1940 from the New Conti di Savoia Fishing Corp., San Pedro, Los Angeles; converted to a coastal minesweeper by the Al Larson Boat Building, San Pedro, California; and placed in service as Sanderling on 18 April 1941.

World War II West Coast patrol operations

Based at San Diego, Sanderling conducted local minesweeping and patrol operations in the 11th Naval District until placed out of service on 18 September 1944.

End of War deactivation

She was struck from the Navy List on 14 October 1944, sold back to her former owner in February 1945, and delivered to that corporation the following May.

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This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships .The entry can be found here.