USS Sanderling (AMc-11)

History
United States
NameUSS Sanderling
BuilderHarbor Boat Works, Terminal Island, California
Launched1937, as New Conti di Savoia
Acquiredby purchase, 28 October 1940
Commissioned18 April 1941
Decommissioned18 September 1944
Stricken14 October 1944
FateSold back to former owner, February 1945
General characteristics
TypeCoastal minesweeper
Displacement180 long tons (183 t)
Length77 ft 8 in (23.67 m)
Beam20 ft 6 in (6.25 m)
Draft3 ft 9 in (1.14 m)
Speed10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement16
Armament2 × .30 cal (7.62 mm) machine guns

USS Sanderling (AMc-11) was a coastal minesweeper of the United States Navy.

The ship was built in 1937 as the wooden purse seiner New Conti di Savoia by the Harbor Boat Works, Terminal Island, California; was purchased for U.S. Navy use on 28 October 1940 from the New Conti di Savoia Fishing Corp., San Pedro, Los Angeles; converted to a coastal minesweeper by the Al Larson Boat Building, San Pedro, California; and placed in service as Sanderling on 18 April 1941.