USS Whippoorwill (AMS-207)
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USS Whippoorwill (MSC-207)
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| Name: | Whippoorwill |
| Namesake: | Whippoorwill |
| Builder: | Bellingham Shipyards, Bellingham, Washington |
| Laid down: | 7 January 1954 |
| Launched: | 13 August 1954 |
| Commissioned: | 20 October 1955 |
| Decommissioned: | 15 December 1970 |
| In service: | 15 December 1970 |
| Out of service: | 30 June 1975 |
| Reclassified: | Coastal Minesweeper, 7 February 1955 |
| Struck: | 1 July 1975 |
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| Motto: | "Safe in Our Wake" |
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| Fate: | Sold to the Republic of Singapore, August 1979 |
 Singapore
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| Name: | Jupiter |
| Acquired: | August 1979 |
| Identification: | Hull sumbol: M-101 |
| Fate: | scrapped 15 August 1986 |
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| Class and type: | Bluebird-class minesweeper |
| Displacement: | 412 long tons (419 t) |
| Length: | 145 ft (44 m) |
| Beam: | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
| Draft: | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
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| Speed: | 12.8 kn (23.7 km/h; 14.7 mph) |
| Complement: | 40 |
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USS Whippoorwill (AMS/MSC-207) was a Bluebird-class minesweeper acquired by the US Navy for clearing coastal minefields.
Whippoorwill was laid down 7 January 1954, as AMS-207 by Bellingham Shipyards, Bellingham, Washington; launched on 13 August 1954; sponsored by Mrs. Walter A. Yatch; reclassified as MSC-207, 7 February 1955; she was commissioned on 20 October 1955 at Tacoma, Washington, Lieutenant (jg) Leland E. Mench in command.
On 7 November, the mine countermeasures ship reported for duty with the Commander, Mine Force, Pacific Fleet. Over the next 10 months, she first conducted shakedown training along the west coast and then began normal duty with the Mine Force out of Long Beach, California. That duty lasted until 1 August 1956, when she departed Long Beach for her new home port, Sasebo, Japan. After stops at Oahu and Midway Island, the coastal minesweeper arrived at Sasebo on 21 August, and reported for duty to the Commander, Mine Flotilla 1.
Whippoorwill was based in Japan for the next 14 years; and, during the first eight of those years, her duties centered upon training. She participated in numerous US 7th Fleet mine exercises as well as many multinational mine exercises with units of the Republic of Korea, Thailand, Japanese, Philippine, and Taiwan navies. She also participated in several large amphibious training exercises conducted in Korea, the Philippines, and at Okinawa in the Ryukyus.
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