USS Mallard (AMCU-30)

History
United States
Name	USS Mallard
Builder	Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas
Laid down	25 February 1944
Launched	20 March 1944
Commissioned	16 May 1944, as USS LCI(L)-963
Decommissioned	1946
Recommissioned	June 1952, as USS Mallard (AMCU-30)
Decommissioned	July 1954
Reclassified	LSIL-962, 28 February 1949 AMCU-30, 7 March 1952 MHC-30, 1 February 1955
Stricken	1 January 1960
Identification	IMO number: 5000653
Honors and awards	4 battle stars (World War II)
Fate	Sold, 30 June 1960
General characteristics
Class and type	LCI(L)-351-class large landing craft
Displacement	246 long tons (250 t) light 264 long tons (268 t) landing 419 long tons (426 t) loaded
Length	158 ft 6 in (48.31 m)
Beam	23 ft 3 in (7.09 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	16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) maximum 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) maximum continuous
Troops	6 officers, 182 enlisted
Complement	4 officers, 24 enlisted
Armament	5 × single 20 mm AA guns (2 forward, 1 amidships, 2 aft)

USS Mallard (AMCU-30) was a LCI(L)-351-class large landing craft of the United States Navy, later converted to a AMCU-7-class coastal minesweeper.

The ship was laid down on 25 February 1944 by the Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas, launched on 20 March 1944, and commissioned on 16 May 1944 as USS LCI(L)-963.