| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Annapolis |
| Owner | General Sea Foods Corp., Boston, Massachusetts |
| Builder | Bethlehem Steel, Quincy, Massachusetts |
| Launched | 1937 |
| Fate | Requisitioned by the US Navy, 3 January 1942 |
| United States | |
| Name | USS Ocean |
| Acquired | 3 January 1942 |
| Commissioned | 23 May 1942 |
| Decommissioned | 1 May 1944 |
| Renamed | Merganser, 18 January 1942 |
| Stricken | 16 September 1944 |
| Fate | Sold to former owner, renamed Ocean |
| General characteristics as Minesweeper | |
| Class and type | Hawk-class minesweeper |
| Displacement | 500 long tons (510 t) |
| Length | 133 ft 7 in (40.72 m) |
| Beam | 26 ft 1 in (7.95 m) |
| Draft | 12 ft 8 in (3.86 m) |
| Speed | 10 knots (12 mph; 19 km/h) |
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The first USS Merganser (AM-135) was a minesweeper in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for the duck, merganser.
Originally the commercial trawler Annapolis, Merganser was built in 1937 by the Bethlehem Steel Corp., Quincy, Massachusetts; acquired by the U.S. Navy as Ocean through Maritime Commission requisition purchase from the General Sea Foods Corp., Boston, Massachusetts, 3 January 1942; renamed Merganser 18 January 1942; converted by Bethlehem Steel Atlantic Works, East Boston, Massachusetts; and commissioned 23 May 1942.