&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:USS_Lapwing_-_NH_44903.jpg) Lapwing in review of the Atlantic Fleet Minesweeping Squadron, November 1919. Ships of the squadron anchored in the Hudson River, off New York City, while being reviewed by Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels on 24 November 1919, following their return to the United States after taking part in clearing the North Sea Mine Barrage.
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Lapwing |
| Namesake | Lapwing |
| Builder | Todd Shipyard Co., New York |
| Laid down | 25 October 1917 |
| Launched | 14 March 1918 |
| Commissioned | 12 June 1918 |
| Decommissioned | 11 April 1922 |
| Recommissioned | 1 September 1932 |
| Decommissioned | 29 November 1945 |
| Reclassified | AVP-1, 22 January 1936 |
| Fate | Sold by WSA, 19 August 1946 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and 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 10 in (3.00 m) |
| Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Complement | 78 |
| Armament | 2 × 3 in (76 mm) guns |
USS Lapwing (AM-1/AVP-1) was the lead ship of her class of minesweeper – the first minesweeper of the United States Navy. She was named after a bird, the lapwing, an abundant crested plover (Vanellus vanellus) of Europe, Asia, and northern Africa, noted for its slow, irregular, flapping flight and its shrill wailing cry.
Lapwing was laid down 25 October 1917 by Todd Shipyard Co., New York; launched 14 March 1918; sponsored by Miss Agnes Forshew Schlegel; and commissioned 12 June 1918.