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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Penguin |
| Builder | New Jersey Dry Dock and Transportation Co., Elizabethport, New Jersey |
| Laid down | 17 November 1917 |
| Launched | 12 June 1918 |
| Commissioned | 21 November 1918, as Minesweeper No.33 |
| Reclassified | AM-33, 17 July 1920 |
| Fate | Scuttled, 8 December 1941 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Lapwing-class minesweeper |
| Displacement | 1,009 long tons (1,025 t) full load |
| Length | 187 ft 10 in (57.25 m) |
| Beam | 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) |
| Draft | 10 ft 4 in (3.15 m) |
| Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Complement | 78 |
| Armament | 2 × 3 in (76 mm) guns |
USS Penguin (AM-33) was a Lapwing-class minesweeper acquired by the United States Navy, named after the bird.
Penguin was laid down on 17 November 1917 at the New Jersey Dry Dock and Transportation Co., Elizabethport, New Jersey; launched on 12 June 1918; and commissioned on 21 November 1918.