USS Frigate Bird (AMc-27)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Frigate Bird.
History
United States
Ordered: as Star of San Pedro
Laid down: 1935
Launched: 1935
In service: 30 January 1941
Out of service: 27 April 1943
Struck: 27 November 1944
Fate: fate, unknown
General characteristics
Displacement: not known
Length: not known
Beam: not known
Draft: not known
Speed: not known
Complement: not known
Armament: not known

USS Frigate Bird (AMc-27) was a Frigate Bird-class coastal minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing.

World War II service

The first ship to be named Frigate Bird by the Navy, AMc-27 served in a noncommissioned status in the 13th Naval District between 30 January 1941 and 27 April 1943.

Frigate Bird was struck from the Navy list 27 November 1944.

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