USS Swallow (AM-4)
Swallow serving as an Alaska radio station tender, 9 March 1921 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Swallow |
| Builder | Todd Shipyard Co., New York |
| Laid down | 18 March 1918 |
| Launched | 4 July 1918 |
| Commissioned | 8 October 1918 |
| Stricken | 5 May 1938 |
| Fate | Ran aground at Kanaga Island, Alaska, 19 February 1938 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Lapwing-class minesweeper |
| Displacement | 950 long tons (965 t) est. |
| Length | 187 ft 10 in (57.25 m) |
| Beam | 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) |
| Draft | 9 ft 10 in (3.00 m) |
| Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Complement | 78 |
| Armament | 2 × 3 in (76 mm) guns |
USS Swallow (AM-4) was a U.S. Navy Lapwing-class minesweeper. Swallow was laid down at New York City on 18 March 1918 by the Todd Shipyard Corp.; launched on Independence Day 1918; sponsored by Miss Sara V. Brereton; and commissioned on 8 October 1918. She served until 19 February 1938, when she ran aground at Kanaga Island.