USS Swan (AM-34)

History
United States
Name	USS Swan
Builder	Alabama Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Co., Mobile, Alabama
Laid down	10 December 1917
Launched	4 July 1918
Commissioned	31 January 1919, as Minesweeper No.34
Decommissioned	13 December 1945
Reclassified	AM-34, 17 July 1920 AVP-7, 22 January 1936
Stricken	8 January 1946
Honors and awards	1 battle star (World War II)
Fate	Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 12 October 1946
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
Armament	2 × 3 in (76 mm) guns 2 × machine guns

The first USS Swan (AM-34/AVP-7) was a Lapwing-class minesweeper acquired by the United States Navy.

Swan, a minesweeper, was laid down at Mobile, Alabama, on 10 December 1917 by the Alabama Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Co.; launched on Independence Day 1918; sponsored by Miss Hazel Donaldson; and commissioned at New Orleans, Louisiana, on 31 January 1919.