Navy | The US Navy |
Type | Minesweeper |
Class | Lapwing |
Pennant | ARS 4 |
Mod | Salvage vessel |
Built by | Baltimore Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Co. (Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | 6 Aug 1918 |
Launched | 7 Jun 1919 |
Commissioned | 17 Oct 1919 |
Lost | 29 Jun 1943 |
Loss position | 37° 19'N, 9° 56'E |
History | Completed as minesweeper USS Redwing (Lt. M.C. Sibitzky) is sunk on 29 June 1943 by an underwater exposion (most likely a mine) north-east of Bizerte, Tunisia in position 37º19'N, 09º56'E |
Commands listed for USS Redwing (ARS 4)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | E. E. Coil, USN | 28 Oct 1941 | mid 42 ? |
2 | Lt. Martin Conrad Sibitzky, USN | mid 42 ? | 29 Jun 1943 |
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