| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Minesweeper |
| Class | Lapwing |
| Pennant | ARS 4 |
| Built by | Baltimore Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Co. (Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 6 Aug, 1918 |
| Launched | 7 Jun, 1919 |
| Commissioned | 17 Oct, 1919 |
| Lost | 29 Jun, 1943 |
| Loss position | 37.19N, 09.56E (See a map) |
| History | Completed as minesweeper Decommissioned on 14 April 1922 Transferred to the United States Coast Guard on 24 May 1924 and placed in commission as USCGC Redwing (WAT 48) on 11 October 1924 Returned to the USN on 29 August 1941 and Converted to a Rescue and Salvage Ship Recommissioned USS Redwing (ARS-4) on 28 October 1941 USS Redwing (Lt. M.C. Sibitzky) is sunk on 29 June 1943 by an underwater exposion (most likely a mine) north-east of Bizerte, Tunisia in position 37º19'N, 09º56'E |
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