USS Oriole (AM-7)

History
United States
Name	USS Oriole
Builder	Staten Island Shipbuilding Co., New York Todd Shipyard Co., New York
Laid down	6 March 1918
Launched	3 July 1918
Commissioned	5 November 1918, as Minesweeper No.7
Decommissioned	3 May 1922
Recommissioned	15 August 1938
Decommissioned	6 February 1946
Reclassified	AM-7, 17 July 1920 AT-136, 1 June 1942 ATO-136, 15 May 1944
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics
Class and type	Lapwing-class minesweeper
Displacement	950 long tons (965 t) full
Length	187 ft 10 in (57.25 m)
Beam	35 ft 6 in (10.82 m)
Draft	10 ft 3 in (3.12 m)
Speed	14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement	62
Armament	2 × 3 in (76 mm) guns 2 × machine guns

USS Oriole (AM-7) was a Lapwing-class minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing.