USS Sandpiper (AM-51)

History
United States
Name	USS Sandpiper
Builder	Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Laid down	15 November 1918
Launched	28 April 1919
Commissioned	9 October 1919, as Minesweeper No.51
Decommissioned	10 December 1945
Reclassified	AM-51, 17 February 1920 AVP-9, 22 January 1936
Stricken	17 April 1946
Fate	Transferred to Maritime Commission, 12 October 1946
General characteristics
Class and type	Lapwing-class minesweeper
Displacement	840 long tons (853 t)
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 2 × machine guns

USS Sandpiper (AM-51) was a Lapwing-class minesweeper. Laid down on 15 November 1918 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and launched on 28 April 1919, USS Sandpiper (Minesweeper No.51) was commissioned on 9 October 1919, redesignated AM-51 on 17 February 1920, and reclassified as a Small Seaplane Tender, AVP-9 on 22 January 1936.^[1]