USS Viking

USS Flamingo (AM-32) was a Lapwing-class minesweeper built for the United States Navy near the end of World War I. After service overseas clearing mines after the Armistice, the ship was laid up until 1922 when she was transferred to the United States Department of Commerce for use by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. Renamed USC&GS Guide, the ship operated as a survey vessel along the West Coast of the United States for 17 years, making significant contributions to navigation, hydrographic surveying, and oceanography. In June 1941, Guide was transferred back to the Navy, converted into a salvage ship, and renamed USS Viking (ARS-1). As Viking, she worked primarily from bases in California until 1953, when she was sold for scrapping.

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Lapwing-class minesweeper, minesweeper, United States Navy, 

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1914-07-28T00:00:00Z

1914-07-28T00:00:00Z

World War I

1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

World War II Q362

1917-10-18T00:00:00Z

1917-10-18T00:00:00Z

keel laying

1919-02-12T00:00:00Z

1919-02-12T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

1942-01-03T00:00:00Z

1942-01-03T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

1918-08-24T00:00:00Z

1918-08-24T00:00:00Z

ship launching

1922-05-05T00:00:00Z

1922-05-05T00:00:00Z

ship decommissioning

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