Allied Warships

USS Widgeon (ASR 1)

Minesweeper of the Lapwing class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassLapwing 
PennantASR 1 
Built bySun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. (Chester, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down8 Oct 1917 
Launched5 May 1918 
Commissioned27 Jul 1918 
End service5 Feb 1947 
Loss position
 
History

Completed as minesweeper
Decommissioned on 15 April 1922
Recommissioned on 5 March 1923
Redesignated a submarine rescue vessel ASR-1 on 22 June 1936
Decommissioned on 5 February 1947
Stricken on 23 December 1947
Sold to be broken up for scrap

 

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