USS Ortolan (AMCU-34)
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Ortolan |
| Builder | Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas |
| Laid down | 15 March 1944 |
| Launched | 10 April 1944 |
| Commissioned | 5 May 1944, as USS LCI(L)-976 |
| Decommissioned | 19 August 1946 |
| Recommissioned | 21 November 1953, as USS Ortolan (AMCU-34) |
| Decommissioned | 23 June 1955 |
| Reclassified |
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| Stricken | 1 January 1960 |
| Honors & awards | 4 battle stars (World War II) |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 8 July 1960 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | LCI(L)-351-class large landing craft |
| Displacement | 387 long tons (393 t) full |
| Length | 159 ft (48 m) |
| Beam | 23 ft 8 in (7.21 m) |
| Draft | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 14.4 knots (26.7 km/h; 16.6 mph) |
| Complement | 40 |
| Armament | 5 × single 20 mm AA guns |
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USS Ortolan (AMCU-34) was a LCI(L)-351-class large landing craft of the United States Navy, later converted to an AMCU-7-class coastal minesweeper.
The ship was laid down as LCI(L)–976 on 15 March 1944 by the Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas, launched on 10 April 1944, and commissioned on 5 May 1944.