USS Eider (AM-17)
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USS Eider (AM-17) at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, ca. August–September 1920
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| Name: | USS Eider |
| Builder: | Pusey and Jones Co., Wilmington, Delaware |
| Laid down: | 25 September 1917 |
| Launched: | 26 May 1918 |
| Commissioned: | 23 January 1919, as Minesweeper No.17 |
| Decommissioned: | 18 April 1922 |
| In service: | 1941 |
| Out of service: | 1947 |
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| Fate: | Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 1 July 1947 |
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| Class and type: | Lapwing-class minesweeper |
| Displacement: | 14,225 long tons (14,453 t) |
| Length: | 187 ft 10 in (57.25 m) |
| Beam: | 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) |
| Draft: | 9 ft 10 in (3.00 m) |
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| Speed: | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Complement: | 72 |
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USS Eider (AM-17) was a Lapwing-class minesweeper of the United States Navy.
Laid down on 25 September 1917 by the Pusey and Jones Company of Wilmington, Delaware, Eider was launched on 26 May 1918, and commissioned as USS Eider, (Minesweeper No.17) on 23 January 1919, LT Arthur E. Freed in command.
Eider sailed out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for minesweeping operations in the Delaware River approaches until 8 March 1919, then put into Norfolk, Virginia, to prepare for distant service. On 3 April 1919 she departed for Scotland and alternately based on Kirkwall and Invergordon, Orkney Islands, swept the vast North Sea minefield.Eider was on hand to assist in the rescue of USS Pelican (AM-27) when Pelican was gravely damaged by an exploding mine on 9 July 1919. Returning home in October she called at Brest, Lisbon, the Azores and Bermuda.
Arriving at Charleston Navy Yard on 1 December 1919 Eider was placed in reduced commission for repairs. On 29 May 1920 she joined Penguin (AM-33) in salvage operations on Widgeon (AM-22). Placed in full commission again for passage to Mare Island, California, Eider sailed from Norfolk, Virginia, 10 July 1920 and arrived on 28 August to report to Commander, Train, Base Force. On 10 September she was again placed in reduced commission with a partial complement.
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