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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Osprey |
| Operator | United States Navy |
| Builder | Gas Engine & Power Co. and Charles L. Seabury, Morris Heights, New York |
| Laid down | 14 November 1917 |
| Launched | 14 November 1918 |
| Commissioned | 7 January 1919, as Minesweeper No. 29 |
| Decommissioned | 12 December 1920 |
| Reclassified | AM-29, 17 July 1920 |
| Fate | Transferred to U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey 7 April 1922 |
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| Name | USC&GS Pioneer |
| Operator | U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey |
| Acquired | 7 April 1922 |
| Fate | Transferred to U.S. Navy 1941 |
| United States | |
| Name | USS Crusader (ARS-2) |
| Operator | U.S. Navy |
| Acquired | 1941 |
| Recommissioned | 17 September 1941 |
| Decommissioned | 13 February 1947 |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping 1952 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Lapwing-class minesweeper |
| Displacement | 950 long tons (965 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 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Complement | 72 |
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USS Osprey (AM-29) was an Lapwing-class minesweeper commissioned by the United States Navy for service in World War I. She was responsible for removing mines from harbors, and, in her role as rescue and salvage ship, she was responsible for coming to the aid of stricken vessels. After service in the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey as the survey ship USC&GS Pioneer, she returned to the U.S. Navy in 1941 as the salvage ship USS Crusader (ARS-2), serving as such through the end of World War II.