USS Kestrel (AMc-5)

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NameUSS Kestrel
BuilderSalisbury Yacht Co., Salisbury, Maryland
Launched1938, as Chanco
Acquired1 October 1940
Commissioned21 January 1941
Decommissioned29 October 1945
ReclassifiedIX-175, 10 July 1944
FateDelivered to the War Shipping Administration, 5 August 1946
General characteristics
Type Coastal minesweeper
Displacement219 long tons (223 t)
Length98 ft 10 in (30.12 m)
Beam21 ft 9 in (6.63 m)
Draft6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Speed11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Complement19
Armament2 × .30 caliber machine guns

USS Kestrel (AMc-5), was built in 1938 as Chanco by the Salisbury Yacht Co., Salisbury, Maryland. The yacht was acquired by the United States Navy on 1 October 1940, converted to a coastal minesweeper, and commissioned as USS Kestrel (AMc-5) on 21 January 1941.

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Service history

She was assigned to the 5th Naval District and operated on inshore patrol duty out of Norfolk, Virginia, until 11 January 1944. Sailing to Boston, Massachusetts, Kestrel performed similar duties in the 1st Naval District.

She was reclassified as Unclassified Miscellaneous Auxiliary Ship IX-175 on 10 July 1944 and operated for the remainder of her service as an experimental vessel for Radiation Laboratory, M.I.T., Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Kestrel was placed out of service on 29 October 1945 and delivered to the War Shipping Administration for disposal on 5 August 1946.

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