Name USS Flamingo Commissioned 6 June 1941 Length 27 m | Acquired 4 November 1940 Struck 8 January 1946 | |
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Launched 1940, as Harriet N. Eldridge Reclassified IX-180 (Unclassified Miscellaneous Auxiliary), 17 July 1944 | ||
USS Flamingo (AMc-22) was a coastal minesweeper of the United States Navy.
The ship was laid down in 1940 as the fishing dragger Harriet N. Eldridge, acquired by the U.S. Navy on 4 November 1940, and placed in service as Flamingo on 6 June 1941.
Flamingo was in service from 6 June 1941 to 10 December 1945, serving in the 4th Naval District and the Potomac River Naval Command.
She was redesignated and reclassified as the Unclassified Miscellaneous Auxiliary, IX-180 on 17 July 1944. Flamingo was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 8 January 1946. Fate unknown.
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