USS Pigeon (ASR-6)

USS Pigeon (ASR-6) anchored in Cam Ranh Bay on the coast of French Indochina in July 1939.
History
United States
NameUSS Pigeon
NamesakePigeon
OperatorUnited States Navy
Laid down15 June 1918
Launched29 January 1919
Sponsored byMrs. Joseph B. Provance
Commissioned15 July 1919
ReclassifiedAM-47 on 17 July 1920
Decommissioned25 April 1922
Recommissioned13 October 1923
ReclassifiedASR-6 on 12 September 1929
FateSunk 4 May 1942
General characteristics
Class & typeLapwing-class minesweeper
Displacement950 long tons (965 t)
Length187 ft 10 in (57.25 m)
Beam35 ft 6 in (10.82 m)
Draft9 ft 9 in (2.97 m)
Installed power1,400 ihp (1,000 kW)
Propulsion
  • 1 × Harlan and Hollingsworth, vertical triple-expansion steam engine
  • 1 × screw
Speed14 kn (16 mph; 26 km/h)
Complement72
Armament

The first USS Pigeon (AM-47/ASR-6) was a Lapwing-class minesweeper of the United States Navy. She was later converted to a submarine rescue ship. She was named for the avian ambassador, the pigeon.

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