&sq=&lang=&file=File:USS_Discoverer_(ARS-3).jpg) About 1935 in the Aleutian Islands
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Cost | $594,332 (hull and machinery)[1] |
| Laid down | 20 June 1918 |
| Launched | 28 September 1918 |
| Commissioned | 31 January 1919 |
| Stricken | 28 January 1947 |
| Identification | pennant number AM–38 |
| Fate | Sold to Venezuelan Navy |
 Venezuela | |
| Name | Felipe Larrazabal |
| Acquired | 9 June 1947 |
| Decommissioned | 1962 |
| Identification | pennant number R-11 |
| Fate | abandoned |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 950 long tons (970 t) |
| Length | 187 ft 10 in (57.25 m) |
| Beam | 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) |
| Draught | 9 ft 9 in (2.97 m) (mean) |
| Propulsion | triple-expansion engine, one shaft |
| Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h) |
| Complement | 82 |
| Armament | Two .30-cal (7.62 mm) Lewis guns |
USS Auk (AM-38) was a Lapwing-class minesweeper acquired by the United States Navy after World War I to remove mines that had been placed during the war.
The first ship to be named Auk by the Navy, Minesweeper No. 38 was laid down on 20 June 1918 at New York City by the Todd Shipyard Corp.; launched on 28 September 1918; sponsored by Miss Nan McArthur Beattie daughter of a Todd Shipyard foremen, and commissioned at the New York Navy Yard on 31 January 1919.[2]
Between World War I and World War II, Auk was converted into a survey vessel for the Coast and Geodetic Survey, and was renamed USS Discoverer (ARS-3) as well as USC&GS Discoverer.
- ^ "Table 21 - Ships on Navy List June 30, 1919". Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office: 762. 1921.
- ^ "Auk I (Minesweeper No. 38)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command.