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Allied Warships

USS Willet (ARS 12)

Minesweeper of the Lapwing class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassLapwing 
PennantARS 12 
Built byPhiladelphia Navy Yard (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down19 May, 1919 
Launched11 Sep, 1919 
Commissioned29 Jan, 1920 
End service 
Loss position
 
HistoryDecommissioned on 29 May 1920
Manned bu a civilian crew and reclassified as salvage vessel ARS-12 on 13 September 1941
Stricken on 5 December 1947
Sold to be broken up for scrap on 2 November 1948 

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