USS Pigeon (ASR-6)

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USS Pigeon (ASR-6) anchored in Cam Ranh Bay on the coast of French Indochina in July 1939.
History
United States
Name	USS Pigeon
Namesake	Pigeon
Operator	United States Navy
Laid down	15 June 1918
Launched	29 January 1919
Sponsored by	Mrs. Joseph B. Provance
Commissioned	15 July 1919
Reclassified	AM-47 on 17 July 1920
Decommissioned	25 April 1922
Recommissioned	13 October 1923
Reclassified	ASR-6 on 12 September 1929
Fate	Sunk 4 May 1942
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)
Installed power	1,400 ihp (1,000 kW)
Propulsion	1 × Harlan and Hollingsworth, vertical triple-expansion steam engine 1 × screw
Speed	14 kn (16 mph; 26 km/h)
Complement	72
Armament	As built: 1 × 11-pounder gun 2 × machine guns World War II: 2 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 cal guns 2 × 20 mm anti-aircraft autocannons

The first USS Pigeon (AM-47/ASR-6) was a Lapwing-class minesweeper of the United States Navy. She was later converted to a submarine rescue ship. She was named for the avian ambassador, the pigeon.