&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:USS_Widgeon_(AM-22).jpg) USS Widgeon (AM-22) ca. 1926, photographed from the deck of an R-class submarine at Hawaii.
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Widgeon |
| Builder | Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Company; Chester, Pennsylvania |
| Laid down | 8 October 1917 |
| Launched | 5 May 1918 |
| Sponsored by | Mildred Moyer |
| Commissioned | 27 July 1918 |
| Reclassified | From Minesweeper No.22 to AM-22, 17 July 1920 |
| Decommissioned | 15 April 1922 |
| Recommissioned | 5 March 1923 |
| Decommissioned | 5 February 1947 |
| Reclassified | ASR-1, 22 January 1936 |
| Stricken | 23 December 1947 |
| Honors and awards | 1 battle star (World War II) |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping, 1948 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Lapwing-class minesweeper |
| Displacement | 950 long tons (970 t) |
| Length | 187 ft 10 in (57.25 m) |
| Beam | 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) |
| Draft | 9 ft 9 in (2.97 m) |
| Speed | 14 kn (16 mph; 26 km/h) |
| Complement | 85 |
| Armament | 2 × 3 in (76 mm) guns |
USS Widgeon (AM-22/ASR-1) was an Lapwing-class minesweeper acquired by the United States Navy for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing. Later converted to a submarine rescue ship. Widgeon was named by the Navy after the widgeon, a freshwater duck.