USS ''Kestrel'' (AMc-5), was built in 1938 as ''Chanco'' by the
Salisbury Yacht Co.,
Salisbury, Maryland. The yacht was acquired by the
United States Navy on 1 October 1940, converted to a
coastal minesweeper Coastal minesweeper is a term used by the United States Navy to indicate a minesweeper intended for coastal use as opposed to participating in fleet operations at sea.
Because of its small size—usually less than 100 feet in length—and construct ...
, and commissioned as USS ''Kestrel'' (AMc-5) on 21 January 1941.
Service history
She was assigned to the
5th Naval District
The naval district was a U.S. Navy military and administrative command ashore. Apart from Naval District Washington, the Districts were disestablished and renamed Navy Regions about 1999, and are now under Commander, Naval Installations Command ...
and operated on inshore patrol duty out of
Norfolk, Virginia
Norfolk ( ) is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. Incorporated in 1705, it had a population of 238,005 at the 2020 census, making it the third-most populous city in Virginia after neighboring Virginia Be ...
, until 11 January 1944. Sailing to
Boston, Massachusetts, ''Kestrel'' performed similar duties in the
1st Naval District
The naval district was a U.S. Navy military and administrative command ashore. Apart from Naval District Washington, the Districts were disestablished and renamed Navy Regions about 1999, and are now under Commander, Naval Installations Command ...
.
She was reclassified as Unclassified Miscellaneous Auxiliary Ship IX-175 on 10 July 1944 and operated for the remainder of her service as an experimental vessel for Radiation Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, M.I.T., Cambridge, Massachusetts.
''Kestrel'' was placed out of service on 29 October 1945 and delivered to the War Shipping Administration for disposal on 5 August 1946.
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Ships built in Salisbury, Maryland
1938 ships
Minesweepers of the United States Navy
World War II minesweepers of the United States
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