USS Sanderling (AMc-11)

USS Sanderling (AMc-11) was a coastal minesweeper of the United States Navy.

For other ships with the same name, see USS Sanderling.
History
Name: USS Sanderling
Builder: Harbor Boat Works, Terminal Island, California
Launched: 1937, as New Conti di Savoia
Acquired: by purchase, 28 October 1940
Commissioned: 18 April 1941
Decommissioned: 18 September 1944
Stricken: 14 October 1944
Fate: Sold back to former owner, February 1945
General characteristics
Type: Coastal minesweeper
Displacement: 180 long tons (183 t)
Length: 77 ft 8 in (23.67 m)
Beam: 20 ft 6 in (6.25 m)
Draft: 3 ft 9 in (1.14 m)
Speed: 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement: 16
Armament: 2 × .30 cal (7.62 mm) machine guns

The ship was built in 1937 as the wooden purse seiner New Conti di Savoia by the Harbor Boat Works, Terminal Island, California; was purchased for U.S. Navy use on 28 October 1940 from the New Conti di Savoia Fishing Corp., San Pedro, California; converted to a coastal minesweeper by the Al Larson Boat Shop, San Pedro, California; and placed in service as Sanderling on 18 April 1941.

World War II West Coast patrol operations

Based at San Diego, Sanderling conducted local minesweeping and patrol operations in the 11th Naval District until placed out of service on 18 September 1944.

End of War deactivation

She was struck from the Navy List on 14 October 1944, sold back to her former owner in February 1945, and delivered to that corporation the following May.

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References

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

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