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词条 USS Cormorant (AMS-122)
释义

  1. Construction

  2. East Coast Activity

  3. Pacific Ocean operations

  4. Decommissioning

  5. See also

  6. Notes

  7. Bibliography

  8. Further reading

  9. External links

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USS Cormorant (AMS-122/MSC-122) was a {{sclass-|Bluebird|minesweeper||ship}} in the United States Navy.

Construction

Cormorant was laid down 5 February 1952, as AMS-122; launched 8 June 1953, by Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California; sponsored by Mrs. I. H. Whitthorne; and commissioned 14 August 1953, Lieutenant Frank A. Mitchell, USNR, in command. She was reclassified MSC-122, 7 February 1955.{{sfn|DANFS|2015}}

East Coast Activity

For the rest of the year Cormorant conducted minesweeping, sonar school, and other operations on the West Coast except for a brief cruise to Pearl Harbor for duty with the Naval Reserve Training Center.{{sfn|DANFS|2015}}

Pacific Ocean operations

Sailing to the Far East, Cormorant arrived at her new home port Sasebo 22 February. She remained in the western Pacific conducting minesweeping exercises in Korean and Japanese waters and voyaging to Formosa, Okinawa, and the Philippines for training through 1960.{{sfn|DANFS|2015}}

Cormorant{{'}}s final homeport was Everett, Washington, where she served as a Reserve training ship.{{Citation needed|date=March 2017}}

Decommissioning

Cormorant was decommissioned at Everett, Washington in 1970.{{Citation needed|date=March 2017}} She was struck from the Naval Register 15 March 1974. She was disposed of 1 December 1974, through the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service for scrap.{{sfn|Navsource}}

See also

  • List of United States Navy ships

Notes

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Citations

Bibliography

{{refbegin}}Online resources
  • {{cite DANFS

| last =
| first =
| url = https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/c/cormorant-ii.html
| title = Cormorant II (AMS-122)
| publisher = Naval History and Heritage Command
| date = 6 July 2015
| accessdate = 17 March 2017
| ref = {{sfnRef|DANFS|2015}}
  • {{cite web

| url = http://www.navsource.org/archives/11/05122.htm
| title= USS Cormorant (MSC 122)
| publisher= Navsource.org
| date=
| accessdate= 17 March 2017
| ref= {{sfnRef|Navsource}}{{refend}}

Further reading

  • {{cite book|last=Blackman|first=Raymond V. B|title=Jane's Fighting Ships 1962–63|year=1962|publisher=Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd|location=London}}

External links

  • Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
  • Cormorant AMS-122
  • {{navsource|11/05122|USS Cormorant (AMS/MSC-122)}}
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