Allied Warships

USS Pelican (AVP 6)

Minesweeper of the Lapwing class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassLapwing 
PennantAVP 6 
Built byGas Engine and Power Co. (Morris Height, New York, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down10 Nov 1917 
Launched12 Jun 1918 
Commissioned10 Oct 1918 
End service30 Nov 1945 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned on 3 May 1922
Recommissioned on 17 August 1922 and modified to serve as an aircraft tender
Redesignated as small seaplane tender (AVP-6) on 22 January 1936
Decommissioned on 30 November 1945
Stricken on 19 December 1945
Sold to be broken up for scrap in November 1946

 

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