| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| 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 |
USS Sanderling (AMc-11) was a coastal minesweeper of the United States Navy.
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, Los Angeles; converted to a coastal minesweeper by the Al Larson Boat Building, San Pedro, California; and placed in service as Sanderling on 18 April 1941.