USS Swan (AM-34)
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Swan |
| Builder | Alabama Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Co., Mobile, Alabama |
| Laid down | 10 December 1917 |
| Launched | 4 July 1918 |
| Commissioned | 31 January 1919, as Minesweeper No.34 |
| Decommissioned | 13 December 1945 |
| Reclassified |
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| Stricken | 8 January 1946 |
| Honors & awards | 1 battle star (World War II) |
| Fate | Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 12 October 1946 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Lapwing-class minesweeper |
| Displacement | 950 long tons (965 t) |
| Length | 187 ft 10 in (57.25 m) |
| Beam | 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) |
| Draft | 9 ft 9 in (2.97 m) |
| Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Complement | 72 |
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The first USS Swan (AM-34/AVP-7) was a Lapwing-class minesweeper acquired by the United States Navy.
Swan, a minesweeper, was laid down at Mobile, Alabama, on 10 December 1917 by the Alabama Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Co.; launched on Independence Day 1918; sponsored by Miss Hazel Donaldson; and commissioned at New Orleans, Louisiana, on 31 January 1919.