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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Tanager |
| Builder | Staten Island Shipbuilding Company |
| Laid down | 28 September 1917 |
| Launched | 2 March 1918 |
| Commissioned | 28 June 1918, as Minesweeper No.5 |
| Reclassified | AM-5, 17 July 1920 |
| Stricken | 8 May 1942 |
| Honours and awards | 1 battle star (World War II) |
| Fate | Sunk by Bataan shore fire, 4 May 1942 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Lapwing-class minesweeper |
| Displacement | 840 long tons (853 t) |
| Length | 187 ft 10 in (57.25 m) |
| Beam | 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) |
| Draft | 10 ft 4 in (3.15 m) |
| Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Complement | 85 |
| Armament | 2 × 3 in (76 mm) guns |
USS Tanager (AM-5) was an Lapwing-class minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy for the task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing.
Tanager was named by the U.S. Navy after the tanager, one of numerous American passerine birds.
Tanager (Minesweeper No. 5) was laid down on 28 September 1917 at New York City, by the Staten Island Shipbuilding Co.; launched on 2 March 1918; sponsored by Mrs. G. H. Bates; and commissioned on 28 June 1918.