| Ships |
| Hull No. |
Ship Name |
Laid Down |
Launch |
Comm |
Status |
|
AM 1 |
LAPWING |
10/25/1917 |
3/14/1918 |
6/12/1918 |
Sold for scrap, Aug 1946. |
|
AM 2 |
OWL |
10/25/1917 |
3/4/1918 |
7/11/1918 |
Sold for scrap, June 1947. |
|
AM 3 |
ROBIN |
3/4/1918 |
6/17/1918 |
8/29/1918 |
Scrapped, Dec 1945. |
|
AM 4 |
SWALLOW |
3/18/1918 |
7/4/1918 |
10/8/1918 |
Ran aground at Kanaga Island (off Alaska?), 19 Feb 1938. Salvage efforts were found impracticle. Stricken, 5 May 1938. |
|
AM 5 |
TANAGER |
9/28/1917 |
3/2/1918 |
6/28/1918 |
Sunk by Japanese shore battery fire off Bataan, 4 May 1942. |
|
AM 6 |
CARDINAL |
|
3/29/1918 |
8/23/1918 |
Grounded on a reef off the east coast of Chirikof Island while bound for Dutch Harbor, 6 June 1923. |
|
AM 7 |
ORIOLE |
3/6/1918 |
7/3/1918 |
11/5/1918 |
Sold for scrap, Jan 1947. |
|
AM 8 |
CURLEW |
|
8/29/1918 |
1/7/1919 |
Grounded on rocks at Point Mosquito, Panama. Determined efforts were made to save her but the heavy surf broke her up. Decommissioned 28 Feb 1926 after salvageable material removed. |
|
AM 9 |
FINCH |
|
3/30/1918 |
9/10/1918 |
Damaged by Japanese bomb (near-miss), 9 Apr 1942 while moored at the eastern point of Corregidor. Abandoned, 10 Apr 1942. Salvaged by Imperial Japanese Navy; renamed W-103. |
|
AM 10 |
HERON |
|
5/18/1918 |
10/30/1918 |
Transferred to State Department for disposal, July 1947. |
|
AM 11 |
CONDOR |
|
|
|
Cancelled 23 Nov 1918. |
|
AM 12 |
PLOWER |
|
|
|
Cancelled 23 Nov 1918. |
|
AM 13 |
TURKEY |
8/19/1917 |
4/30/1918 |
12/13/1918 |
Sold for scrap, Dec 1946. |
|
AM 14 |
WOODCOCK |
10/19/1917 |
5/12/1918 |
2/19/1919 |
Sold for scrap, Dec 1947. |
|
AM 15 |
QUAIL |
5/14/1918 |
10/6/1918 |
4/29/1919 |
Damaged by Japanese bombs and guns at Corregidor, she was scuttled 5 May 1942 to prevent capture. |
|
AM 16 |
PARTRIDGE |
5/14/1918 |
10/15/1918 |
6/17/1919 |
Sunk by torpedo from German E-boat (motor torpedo) at 0200 on 11 June 1944 while en-route to Normandy. |
|
AM 17 |
EIDER |
|
5/27/1918 |
1/23/1919 |
Sold for scrap July 1947. |
|
AM 18 |
THRUSH |
5/27/1918 |
9/15/1918 |
4/25/1919 |
Sold for scrap, Aug 1946. |
|
AM 19 |
AVOCET |
|
3/9/1918 |
9/17/1918 |
Sold for scrap, Dec 1946. |
|
AM 20 |
BOBOLINK |
|
6/15/1918 |
1/28/1919 |
Converted to ocean tug (AT-131), June 1942. Sold for scrap, Oct 1946. |
|
AM 21 |
LARK |
3/11/1918 |
8/6/1918 |
4/12/1919 |
Transferred to MarAd for disposal, Jan 1947. |
|
AM 22 |
WIDGEON |
10/8/1917 |
5/5/1918 |
7/27/1918 |
Reclassified ASR-1 on 22 Januarv 1936.
Sold for scrap after stricken, Dec 1947. |
|
AM 23 |
TEAL |
10/8/1917 |
5/25/1918 |
8/20/1918 |
Converted to seaplane tender (AVP-5), Jan 1936. Sold for scrap, Jan 1948. |
|
AM 24 |
BRANT |
|
5/30/1918 |
9/6/1918 |
Transferred to MarAd for disposal, Aug 1946. |
|
AM 25 |
KINGFISHER |
|
3/30/1918 |
5/27/1918 |
Sold for scrap, June 1947. |
|
AM 26 |
RAIL |
12/15/1917 |
4/25/1918 |
6/5/1918 |
Redesignated ATO-139 in 1944. |
|
AM 27 |
PELICAN |
11/10/1917 |
6/12/1918 |
10/10/1918 |
Sold for scrap, Nov 1946. |
|
AM 28 |
FALCON |
|
9/7/1918 |
11/12/1918 |
Converted to submarine rescue ship (ASR-2) in 1929. Sold for scrap, Mar 1947. |
|
AM 29 |
OSPREY |
11/14/1917 |
11/14/1918 |
1/7/1919 |
Initially a minesweeper, transferred to US Coast and Geodetic Survey, 7 Apr 1922 as "Pioneer". Returned to USN and converted to salvage ship (1941), she served as "Crusader" (ARS-2). Transferred to MarAd for disposal, Feb 1947. |
|
AM 30 |
SEAGULL |
6/15/1918 |
12/24/1918 |
3/7/1919 |
Transferred to MarAd for disposal, May 1947. |
|
AM 31 |
TERN |
9/7/1918 |
3/22/1919 |
5/17/1919 |
Stricken, Dec 1945. |
|
AM 32 |
FLAMINGO |
10/18/1917 |
8/24/1918 |
2/12/1919 |
Completed as minesweeper. Served US Coast & Geographic Survey (1923-41). Converted to salvage ship for USN (1941). Sold for scrap, July 1953. |
|
AM 33 |
PENGUIN |
11/17/1917 |
6/12/1918 |
11/21/1918 |
Damaged by Japanese aircraft in Agana Harbor, Guam, 8 Dec 1941; scuttled. |
|
AM 34 |
SWAN |
12/10/1917 |
7/4/1918 |
1/31/1919 |
Converted to small seaplane tender (1936). Transferred to Marad (Newport RI) for disposal, Oct 1946. |
|
AM 35 |
WHIPPOORWILL |
12/12/1917 |
7/4/1918 |
4/1/1919 |
Transferred to MarAd for disposal, Nov 1946. |
|
AM 36 |
BITTERN |
|
2/15/1919 |
5/28/1919 |
Heavily damaged by Japanese aircraft at Cavite Navy Yard, Phillipines; scuttled in Manila Bay to prevent capture. |
|
AM 37 |
SANDERLING |
5/27/1918 |
9/2/1918 |
12/4/1918 |
Sank accidentally while at berth with the reserve fleet (Pearl Harbor), 26 June 1937. |
|
AM 38 |
AUK |
6/20/1918 |
9/28/1918 |
1/31/1919 |
Transferred to Marad, June 1947. Alternate source claims she was sold to Venezuela; renamed Felipe Larrazabal (R-11). |
|
AM 39 |
CHEWINK |
|
12/21/1918 |
4/9/1919 |
Converted to submarine rescue vessel (1929). Sunk as target off New London, 31 July 1947. |
|
AM 40 |
CORMORANT |
|
2/5/1919 |
5/15/1919 |
Sold for scrap, Jan 1947. |
|
AM 41 |
GANNET |
10/1/1918 |
3/19/1919 |
7/10/1919 |
Torpedoed by German U-boat and sunk, 7 June 1942, off Bermuda (14 lost). |
|
AM 42 |
GOSHAWK |
|
|
|
Cancelled in 1918. |
|
AM 43 |
GREBE |
|
12/17/1918 |
5/1/1919 |
Grounded at Vuanta Vatoa, Fiji Islands, 6 Dec 1942. Salvage operations aborted due to hurricane 1-2 Jan 1943. Stricken 28 July 1943. |
|
AM 44 |
MALLARD |
5/25/1918 |
12/17/1918 |
6/25/1919 |
Redesignated ASR-4 on 12 September 1929.
Sunk as target (torpedo) by PIPER (SS-409). |
|
AM 45 |
ORTOLAN |
7/9/1918 |
1/30/1919 |
9/17/1919 |
Redesignated a submarine rescue vessel (ASR-5), 12 September 1929.
Sold for scrap, Aug 1947. |
|
AM 46 |
PEACOCK |
8/31/1918 |
4/8/1919 |
12/27/1919 |
Loaned to Shipping Board, 14 Feb 1920. Converted to salvage tug. Collided with Norwegian merchant SS HINDONGER off Cartagena Harbor, 24 Aug 1940 and sank. |
|
AM 47 |
PIGEON |
|
1/29/1919 |
7/15/1919 |
Converted to gunboat (1923). Converted to submarine rescue vessel (1929). Reclassified a Submarine Rescue Vessel (ASR-6). Sunk by Japanese aircraft at Corregidor, 4 May 1942. |
|
AM 48 |
REDWING |
8/6/1918 |
6/7/1919 |
10/17/1919 |
Transferred to USCG, 24 May 1922. Transferred back to USN in 1941 to serve as ARS-4. Sunk by German U-boat, 29 June 1943. |
|
AM 49 |
RAVEN |
|
|
|
Cancelled in 1918. |
|
AM 50 |
SHRIKE |
|
|
|
Cancelled in 1918. |
|
AM 51 |
SANDPIPER |
11/15/1918 |
4/28/1919 |
10/9/1919 |
Transferred to MarAd for disposal, Oct 1946. |
|
AM 52 |
VIREO |
11/20/1918 |
5/26/1919 |
10/16/1919 |
Transferred to MarAd for disposal, Feb 1947. |
|
AM 53 |
WARBLER |
4/24/1919 |
7/30/1919 |
12/22/1919 |
Stricken, 10 June 1947. |
|
AM 54 |
WILLET |
5/19/1919 |
9/11/1919 |
1/29/1920 |
Served as shallow water anchorage at Navy Net Depot, Melville RI until late fall 1948. Sold for scrap, Nov 1948. |
