| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Minesweeper |
| Class | Lapwing |
| Pennant | AVP 1 |
| Built by | Todd Shipyard Co. (New York, New York, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 25 Oct 1917 |
| Launched | 14 Mar 1918 |
| Commissioned | 12 Jun 1918 |
| End service | 29 Nov 1945 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Completed as minesweeper Decommissioned on 29 November 1945 |
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Noteable events involving Lapwing include:
21 Feb 1942
USS Lapwing picks up 53 survivors from the American merchant Delplata that was torpedoed and heavy damaged the previous day by the German submarine U-156 some 60 miles west of Martinique in position 14º55'N, 62º10'W. After it was determined that the Delplata could not be salvaged she was sunk by gunfire from the Lapwing.