USS Cormorant (AMS-122)

USS Cormorant (AMS-122), off Mare Island, 13 October 1953.
History
United States
Name	Cormorant
Namesake	Cormorant
Builder	Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California
Laid down	5 February 1952
Launched	8 June 1953
Commissioned	14 August 1953
Reclassified	Coastal Minesweeper, 7 February 1955
Stricken	15 March 1974
Identification	Hull symbol: AMS-122 Hull symbol: MSC-122
Fate	sold for scrap, 1 December 1974
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Bluebird-class minesweeper
Displacement	330 long tons (340 t)
Length	144 ft (44 m)
Beam	28 ft (8.5 m)
Draft	12 ft (3.7 m)
Installed power	4 × Packard 600 hp (450 kW) diesel engines 2,400 hp (1,800 kW)
Propulsion	2 × screws
Speed	13 kn (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Complement	39
Armament	2 × 20 mm (0.8 in) Oerlikon cannons anti-aircraft (AA) mounts 2 × caliber .50 in (12.7 mm) machine guns 1 × 81 mm mortar

USS Cormorant (AMS-122/MSC-122) was a Bluebird-class minesweeper in the United States Navy.

Construction[]

Cormorant was laid down 5 February 1952^{[citation needed]}, 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.^[2]

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.^[2]

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.^[2]

Cormorant's final homeport was Everett, Washington, where she served as a Reserve training ship.^{[citation needed]}

Decommissioning[]

Cormorant was decommissioned at Everett, Washington in 1970.^{[citation needed]} 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.^[1]

See also[]

• List of United States Navy ships

Notes[]

Citations

Bibliography[]

Further reading[]

• Blackman, Raymond V. B (1962). Jane's Fighting Ships 1962–63. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.

External links[]

• Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
• Cormorant AMS-122
• Photo gallery of USS Cormorant (AMS/MSC-122) at NavSource Naval History