USS Oriole (AMCU-33)

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History
United States
Name	USS Oriole
Builder	Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas
Laid down	11 March 1944
Launched	5 April 1944
Commissioned	30 May 1944, as USS LCI(L)-973
Decommissioned	March 1946
Recommissioned	20 February 1954, as USS Oriole (AMCU-33)
Decommissioned	7 July 1955
Reclassified	LSIL-973, 28 February 1949 AMCU-33, March 1952 MHC-33, 1 February 1955
Stricken	1 January 1960
Fate	Sold, 27 March 1961
General characteristics
Class and type	LCI(L)-351-class large landing craft
Displacement	381 long tons (387 t)
Length	159 ft (48 m)
Beam	23 ft 8 in (7.21 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	14.4 knots (26.7 km/h; 16.6 mph)
Complement	40
Armament	5 × single 20 mm AA guns

USS Oriole (AMCU-33) was a LCI(L)-351-class large landing craft of the United States Navy, later converted to an AMCU-7-class coastal minesweeper.

The ship was laid down on 11 March 1944 at Consolidated Steel Corporation at, Orange, Texas, launched on 5 April 1944, and commissioned on 30 May 1944, as USS LCI(L)-973.