| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Ordered | as Pacific |
| Completed | 1929 |
| Acquired | 14 November 1940 |
| In service | 8 March 1941 |
| Out of service | 18 June 1946 |
| Stricken | 19 July 1946 |
| Fate | fate unknown |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 112 tons |
| Length | 83 ft (25 m) |
| Beam | 19 ft (5.8 m) |
| Draught | 9 ft (2.7 m) |
| Speed | 11.0 knots |
| Complement | 16 |
USS Sparrow (AMc-31) was a 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.
The purse seiner Pacific was acquired by the Navy on November 14, 1940 at San Diego, California. Fifteen days later, she was assigned the name Sparrow, and designated a coastal minesweeper, AMC-31.
On December 12, 1940, she was reclassified as a harbor tug, and the name Sparrow was cancelled. On February 5, 1941, she was named Marin, and redesignated a net tender, YN-53.
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This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships .The entry can be found here.