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	LSIL-976, 28 February 1949 AMCU-34, 7 March 1952 MHC-34, 7 February 1955
Stricken	1 January 1960
Honors and awards	4 battle stars (World War II)
Fate	Sold for scrap, 8 July 1960
General characteristics
Class and 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	8 × GM diesel engines (4 per shaft), 1,600 bhp (1,193 kW) 2 × variable pitch propellers
Speed	14.4 knots (26.7 km/h; 16.6 mph)
Complement	40
Armament	5 × single 20 mm AA guns

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.