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class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Minesweeper of the United States Navy</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For other ships with the same name, see <a href="/wiki/USS_Swan" title="USS Swan">USS Swan</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <table class="infobox" style="width:25.5em;border-spacing:2px;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;line-height:1.5em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:USS_Swan_(AVP_7).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/USS_Swan_%28AVP_7%29.jpg/300px-USS_Swan_%28AVP_7%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="196" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/USS_Swan_%28AVP_7%29.jpg/450px-USS_Swan_%28AVP_7%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/USS_Swan_%28AVP_7%29.jpg/600px-USS_Swan_%28AVP_7%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="589" /></a></span> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">History</th></tr> <tr><th height="30" colspan="2" style="background-color:#B0C4DE;text-align:left;padding-left:2px;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;"><span class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/54px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="54" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/80px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/107px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span></span><span style="padding-left:1em">United States</span></th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Name</td><td>USS <i>Swan</i></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Builder</td><td>Alabama Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Co., <a href="/wiki/Mobile,_Alabama" title="Mobile, Alabama">Mobile, Alabama</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Laid down</td><td>10 December 1917</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Launched</td><td>4 July 1918</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Commissioned</td><td>31 January 1919, as Minesweeper No.34</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Decommissioned</td><td>13 December 1945</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Reclassified</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">AM-34, 17 July 1920</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">AVP-7, 22 January 1936</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Stricken</td><td>8 January 1946</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Honors and<br />awards</td><td>1 <a href="/wiki/Battle_star" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle star">battle star</a> (World War II)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Fate</td><td>Transferred to the <a href="/wiki/Maritime_Commission" class="mw-redirect" title="Maritime Commission">Maritime Commission</a>, 12 October 1946</td></tr> <tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">General characteristics</th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Class and type</td><td><a href="/wiki/Lapwing-class_minesweeper" title="Lapwing-class minesweeper"><i>Lapwing</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Minesweeper" title="Minesweeper">minesweeper</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Displacement</td><td>950 long tons (965 t)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Length</td><td>187 ft 10 in (57.25 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Beam</td><td>35 ft 6 in (10.82 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Draft</td><td>9 ft 9 in (2.97 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Speed</td><td>14 <a href="/wiki/Knot_(unit)" title="Knot (unit)">knots</a> (26 km/h; 16 mph)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Complement</td><td>72</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armament</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × <a href="/wiki/3%22/50_caliber_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="3"/50 caliber gun">3 in (76 mm)</a> guns</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × machine guns</li> </ul></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>The first <b>USS <i>Swan</i> (AM-34/AVP-7)</b> was a <a href="/wiki/Lapwing-class_minesweeper" title="Lapwing-class minesweeper"><i>Lapwing</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Minesweeper" title="Minesweeper">minesweeper</a> acquired by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a>. </p><p><i>Swan</i>, a minesweeper, was laid down at <a href="/wiki/Mobile,_Alabama" title="Mobile, Alabama">Mobile, Alabama</a>, on 10 December 1917 by the Alabama Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Co.; launched on <a href="/wiki/Independence_Day_(United_States)" title="Independence Day (United States)">Independence Day</a> 1918; sponsored by Miss Hazel Donaldson; and commissioned at <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans,_Louisiana" class="mw-redirect" title="New Orleans, Louisiana">New Orleans, Louisiana</a>, on 31 January 1919. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="North_Sea_mine_clearance_operations">North Sea mine clearance operations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Swan_(AM-34)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: North Sea mine 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Assigned to Division Five, <a href="/wiki/North_Sea_Minesweeping_Detachment" class="mw-redirect" title="North Sea Minesweeping Detachment">North Sea Minesweeping Detachment</a>, <i>Swan</i> arrived at <a href="/wiki/Kirkwall,_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="Kirkwall, Scotland">Kirkwall, Scotland</a>, with the first wave of twelve minesweepers on 20 April 1919. Under the command of Rear Admiral <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Strauss_(admiral)" title="Joseph Strauss (admiral)">Joseph Strauss</a>, who broke his flag in tender <a href="/wiki/USS_Black_Hawk_(AD-9)" title="USS Black Hawk (AD-9)"><i>Black Hawk</i></a> (<a href="/wiki/Destroyer_Tender" class="mw-redirect" title="Destroyer Tender">Destroyer Tender</a> No. 9), the minesweepers began operations out of <a href="/wiki/Inverness_Firth" class="mw-redirect" title="Inverness Firth">Inverness Firth</a> nine days later. </p><p>Their task was monumental, as the American minesweepers (in company with modified sub chasers and British minesweepers) were tasked with sweeping over 70,000 mines laid in an area roughly 240 miles (390 km) long by 25 miles (40 km) wide, or over 6,000 square miles (16,000 km<sup>2</sup>). <i>Swan</i> conducted mine sweeping operations for the next five months, spending 108 of those days at sea. Some diversion from the grueling, dangerous work was provided by the thousands of fish killed by the exploding mines, which providing an abundance of <a href="/wiki/Cod" title="Cod">cod</a> and <a href="/wiki/Herring" title="Herring">herring</a> for the Mine Detachments' cooks. Sailing for home on 1 October, the detachment made stops at <a href="/wiki/Devonport,_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Devonport, England">Devonport, England</a>; <a href="/wiki/Brest,_France" title="Brest, France">Brest, France</a>; <a href="/wiki/Lisbon" title="Lisbon">Lisbon</a>, Portugal; the <a href="/wiki/Azores" title="Azores">Azores</a>; and <a href="/wiki/Bermuda" title="Bermuda">Bermuda</a>; before arriving in New York on 20 November. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Post-World_War_I_Atlantic_operations">Post-World War I Atlantic operations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Swan_(AM-34)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Post-World War I Atlantic operations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Assigned to Division 2 of <a href="/wiki/Mine_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="Mine Squadron">Mine Squadron</a> 2 of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Fleet_Forces_Command" title="United States Fleet Forces Command">Atlantic Fleet</a>, <i>Swan</i> completed final acceptance trials in the spring of 1920 and began routine operations out of <a href="/wiki/Portsmouth,_New_Hampshire" title="Portsmouth, New Hampshire">Portsmouth, New Hampshire</a>, in late June. These operations included <a href="/wiki/Buoy" title="Buoy">buoy</a> work and wreck salvage, and the latter duty is what brought the minesweeper into <a href="/wiki/Cape_Cod_Bay" title="Cape Cod Bay">Cape Cod Bay</a> in November of that year. On 28 November, during an attempt to refloat a wrecked oil barge, heavy seas came up quickly and cast <i>Swan</i> on the beach in Cape Cod Bay. The sudden disaster stranded the minesweeper on the beach and mountainous seas threatened to wreck the stricken ship. Rapid response by the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Gurnet_Beach&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gurnet Beach (page does not exist)">Gurnet Beach</a> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Coast_Guard" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Coast Guard">Coast Guard</a> crew saved the day, however, and the Coast Guards' heroic efforts brought all fifty-six sailors to safety through <a href="/wiki/Breeches_buoy" title="Breeches buoy">breeches buoy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Surfboat" title="Surfboat">surfboat</a>. </p><p>The stranded minesweeper survived the winter on the beach and was refloated on 22 February 1921 and towed to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, for repairs. During that process <i>Swan</i> decommissioned there on 23 May 1922 before being placed in commission again on 23 June 1923. That fall, she was assigned to the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Navy_Yard" title="Washington Navy Yard">Washington Navy Yard</a> but operated out of <a href="/wiki/Quantico,_Virginia" title="Quantico, Virginia">Quantico, Virginia</a>, where she provided target and other fleet services. By the spring of 1926, <i>Swan</i> changed duty stations again, this time working for the <a href="/wiki/15th_Naval_District" class="mw-redirect" title="15th Naval District">15th Naval District</a> out of <a href="/wiki/Coco_Solo" title="Coco Solo">Coco Solo</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Panama_Canal_Zone" title="Panama Canal Zone">Panama Canal Zone</a>. On 30 April 1931, while still in the Canal Zone, she was designated a "minesweeper for duty with aircraft," presaging her later change of designation. She decommissioned again on 21 December 1933, this time at <a href="/wiki/San_Diego,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="San Diego, California">San Diego, California</a>. A little over three months later, on 2 April 1934, the minesweeper was commissioned for the third time and reassigned to the Fleet Air Base at <a href="/wiki/Pearl_Harbor" title="Pearl Harbor">Pearl Harbor</a>. On 22 January 1936, <i>Swan</i> was officially redesignated a small seaplane tender, <i>AVP-7</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Search_for_Amelia_Earhart">Search for Amelia Earhart</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Swan_(AM-34)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Search for Amelia Earhart"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In anticipation of Amelia Earhart's flight from Howland Island to Honolulu, the <i>Swan</i> was one of two ships directed by the Chief of Naval Operations to act as a plane guard.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The third ship, the <i>Itasca,</i> was a Coast Guard Cutter. On 23 June 1937, the <i>Swan</i> took its position halfway between Howland Island and Oahu. According to Earhart's telegrammed instructions from Bandong, Java, As she neared the <i>Swan's</i> location, she would ask the ship to transmit its call station by voice for five minutes, repeated twice at the end of each minute.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When Earhart and Noonan failed to arrive at Howland Island on 2 July 1937, the 'Swan participated in the Earhart Search for 14 days: first, proceeding to the area around Canton Island and then west to the Gilbert Islands. The <i>Swan</i> was recalled to Pearl Harbor on 16 July 1937.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Under_attack_at_Pearl_Harbor">Under attack at Pearl Harbor</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Swan_(AM-34)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Under attack at Pearl Harbor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For the next five years, <i>Swan</i> operated as a tender for Patrol Wing (PatWing) 2 out of Pearl Harbor. On the morning of 7 December 1941, she was resting on the Marine Railway dock at Pearl Harbor when Japanese planes swooped in on the ships in the harbor. Her crew saw the first bomb dropped on the south ramp of the Fleet Air Base at 0755. Eight minutes later, she opened fire with her 3-inch <a href="/wiki/Anti-aircraft" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-aircraft">anti-aircraft</a> battery. The next few hours were so hectic for her that her crew could not maintain a chronological log of the action, but they did claim an enemy aircraft for their 3-inch battery. Though she had been in <a href="/wiki/Drydock" class="mw-redirect" title="Drydock">drydock</a> for boiler upkeep, her engineers had her ready to refloat by 1315. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="World_War_II_Pacific_Theater_operations">World War II Pacific Theater operations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Swan_(AM-34)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: World War II Pacific Theater operations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Swan</i> remained in Pearl Harbor for another month, assisting in the salvage work. Then, on 8 January 1942, she got underway for <a href="/wiki/American_Samoa" title="American Samoa">American Samoa</a>. She arrived at <a href="/wiki/Pago_Pago" class="mw-redirect" title="Pago Pago">Pago Pago</a> on the 18th and remained until 25 July, except for a voyage to the Danger Islands in mid-March to rescue three naval airmen who survived 34 days at sea and had landed on the island of <a href="/wiki/Pukapuka" title="Pukapuka">Puka Puka</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Trunball_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Trunball-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a month-long visit to <a href="/wiki/Wallis_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Wallis Island">Wallis Island</a> from late May to early July. She headed back to Pearl Harbor on the 25th and arrived on 4 August. She was overhauled there and, after loading <a href="/wiki/Ammunition" title="Ammunition">ammunition</a> and supplies at <a href="/wiki/Kaneohe_Naval_Air_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Kaneohe Naval Air Station">Kaneohe Naval Air Station</a>, from 28 to 30 October got underway to return to the South Pacific. On this voyage, she visited <a href="/wiki/Canton_Island" title="Canton Island">Canton Island</a>, <a href="/wiki/Suva" title="Suva">Suva</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Fiji" title="Fiji">Fiji Islands</a>, <a href="/wiki/Funafuti" title="Funafuti">Funafuti</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Ellice_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Ellice Islands">Ellice Islands</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gardner_Island" title="Gardner Island">Gardner Island</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manra_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Manra Island">Sydney Island</a>, <a href="/wiki/Orona" title="Orona">Hull Island</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Palmyra_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Palmyra Island">Palmyra Island</a>. She departed Palmyra Island on 8 December and returned to Pearl Harbor on the 13th. <i>Swan</i> put to sea again on the 30th to carry supplies to Canton Island. She unloaded her cargo there on 7 January 1943 and reentered Pearl Harbor on the 16th. The tender remained at Pearl Harbor until 12 March when she sailed to <a href="/wiki/Johnston_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Johnston Island">Johnston Island</a> to tow <i>YC-811</i> back to Pearl Harbor. </p><p><i>Swan</i> returned to Pearl Harbor on 23 March and, from then until the beginning of May, she assisted the fleet air wing by towing targets for bombing practice. From 8 to 22 May, she made a voyage to <a href="/wiki/Tern_Island_(Hawaii)" title="Tern Island (Hawaii)">Tern Island</a> of <a href="/wiki/French_Frigate_Shoals" title="French Frigate Shoals">French Frigate Shoals</a>, located about halfway between the main <a href="/wiki/Hawaiian_Islands" title="Hawaiian Islands">Hawaiian Islands</a> and <a href="/wiki/Midway_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Midway Island">Midway Island</a>. Upon her return to Pearl Harbor, she resumed target-towing duties, this time for <a href="/wiki/Torpedo_bombers" class="mw-redirect" title="Torpedo bombers">torpedo bombers</a>. Between 1 and 7 June, she made another round-trip voyage to French Frigate Shoals and back, then resumed target towing and <a href="/wiki/Torpedo" title="Torpedo">torpedo</a> recovery duty. </p><p>For the next two years, <i>Swan's</i> area of operations was confined to the immediate vicinity of the major islands of the <a href="/wiki/Territory_of_Hawaii" title="Territory of Hawaii">Territory of Hawaii</a>. She continued to participate in training missions by towing targets and recovering torpedoes for both planes and ships. She also transported passengers and cargo between the islands and rendered other auxiliary services. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Post-World_War_II_operations">Post-World War II operations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Swan_(AM-34)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Post-World War II operations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>By June 1945, she was in the Consolidated Shipyard, in <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Los Angeles, California">Los Angeles, California</a>, undergoing a major overhaul. She remained there through the month of July and into August. On 13 August, <i>Swan</i> headed back to Pearl Harbor and arrived on the 21st. She resumed her routine until 6 October, when she set sail for San Diego, California. After a two-day stop there, on the 15th and 16th, she continued on to the <a href="/wiki/Panama_Canal" title="Panama Canal">Panama Canal</a>. She arrived at Coco Solo in the Canal Zone on 28 October and, two days later, continued on to <a href="/wiki/Boston,_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="Boston, Massachusetts">Boston, Massachusetts</a>. She reported to the Commandant, <a href="/wiki/1st_Naval_District" class="mw-redirect" title="1st Naval District">1st Naval District</a>, at Boston on 9 November. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Decommissioning">Decommissioning</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Swan_(AM-34)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Decommissioning"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 13 December 1945, pursuant to the findings of a board of inspection and survey, <i>Swan</i> was decommissioned at Boston, Massachusetts. Her name was struck from the <a href="/wiki/Naval_Vessel_Register" title="Naval Vessel Register">Navy List</a> on 8 January 1946 and, just over nine months later, on 12 October, her hulk was delivered to the <a href="/wiki/Maritime_Commission" class="mw-redirect" title="Maritime Commission">Maritime Commission</a> at <a href="/wiki/Newport,_Rhode_Island" title="Newport, Rhode Island">Newport, Rhode Island</a>, for disposal. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Swan_(AM-34)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>USS <i>Swan</i> earned one <a href="/wiki/Battle_star" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle star">battle star</a> during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Swan_(AM-34)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>Notes</dt></dl> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output 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class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Trunball_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Trumball, 1942</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <dl><dt>Bibliography</dt></dl> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin" style=""> <ul><li>Trumball, Robert. <i>The Raft</i>, Henry Holt and Company, Inc. 1942.</li> <li>Trumball, Robert. <i>The Raft</i>, Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval Institute. 1992. <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon 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The entry can be found <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/s/swan-i.html">here</a>.</i> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_Swan_(AM-34)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.navsource.org/archives/11/02034.htm">Photo gallery</a> of USS <i>Swan</i> (Minesweeper No. 34/AM-34/AVP-7) at NavSource Naval History</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ibiblio.org/phha/Swan.html">USS <i>Swan</i> (AVP-7), Official Action Report for 7 December 1941</a></li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist 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title="Minesweeper">minesweepers</a>)</small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USS_Lapwing_(AM-1)" title="USS Lapwing (AM-1)"><i>Lapwing</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Owl_(AM-2)" title="USS Owl (AM-2)"><i>Owl</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Robin_(AM-3)" title="USS Robin (AM-3)"><i>Robin</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Swallow_(AM-4)" title="USS Swallow (AM-4)"><i>Swallow</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Tanager_(AM-5)" title="USS Tanager (AM-5)"><i>Tanager</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Cardinal_(AM-6)" title="USS Cardinal (AM-6)"><i>Cardinal</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Oriole_(AM-7)" title="USS Oriole (AM-7)"><i>Oriole</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Curlew_(AM-8)" title="USS Curlew (AM-8)"><i>Curlew</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Finch_(AM-9)" title="USS Finch (AM-9)"><i>Finch</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Heron_(AM-10)" title="USS Heron (AM-10)"><i>Heron</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Condor" title="USS Condor"><i>Condor</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>X</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Plover" title="USS Plover"><i>Plover</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>X</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Turkey_(AM-13)" title="USS Turkey (AM-13)"><i>Turkey</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Woodcock" title="USS Woodcock"><i>Woodcock</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Quail_(AM-15)" title="USS Quail (AM-15)"><i>Quail</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Partridge_(AM-16)" title="USS Partridge (AM-16)"><i>Partridge</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Eider" title="USS Eider"><i>Eider</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Thrush_(AM-18)" title="USS Thrush (AM-18)"><i>Thrush</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Avocet_(AVP-4)" title="USS Avocet (AVP-4)"><i>Avocet</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Bobolink_(AM-20)" title="USS Bobolink (AM-20)"><i>Bobolink</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Lark_(AM-21)" title="USS Lark (AM-21)"><i>Lark</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Widgeon_(AM-22)" title="USS Widgeon (AM-22)"><i>Widgeon</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Teal" title="USS Teal"><i>Teal</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Brant_(AM-24)" title="USS Brant (AM-24)"><i>Brant</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Kingfisher_(AM-25)" title="USS Kingfisher (AM-25)"><i>Kingfisher</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Rail_(AM-26)" title="USS Rail (AM-26)"><i>Rail</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Pelican_(AM-27)" title="USS Pelican (AM-27)"><i>Pelican</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Falcon_(AM-28)" title="USS Falcon (AM-28)"><i>Falcon</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Osprey_(AM-29)" title="USS Osprey (AM-29)"><i>Osprey</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Seagull_(AM-30)" title="USS Seagull (AM-30)"><i>Seagull</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Tern_(AM-31)" title="USS Tern (AM-31)"><i>Tern</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Viking_(ARS-1)" title="USS Viking (ARS-1)"><i>Flamingo</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Penguin_(AM-33)" title="USS Penguin (AM-33)"><i>Penguin</i></a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>Swan</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Whippoorwill_(AM-35)" title="USS Whippoorwill (AM-35)"><i>Whippoorwill</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Bittern_(AM-36)" title="USS Bittern (AM-36)"><i>Bittern</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Sanderling_(AM-37)" title="USS Sanderling (AM-37)"><i>Sanderling</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Auk_(AM-38)" title="USS Auk (AM-38)"><i>Auk</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Chewink_(AM-39)" title="USS Chewink (AM-39)"><i>Chewink</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Cormorant_(AM-40)" title="USS Cormorant (AM-40)"><i>Cormorant</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Gannet_(AM-41)" title="USS Gannet (AM-41)"><i>Gannet</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Grebe" title="USS Grebe"><i>Grebe</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Mallard_(AM-44)" title="USS Mallard 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and Geodetic Survey</a><br /><small>(<a href="/wiki/Survey_ship" class="mw-redirect" title="Survey ship">survey ships</a>)</small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USS_Auk_(AM-38)" title="USS Auk (AM-38)"><i>Discoverer</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Viking_(ARS-1)" title="USS Viking (ARS-1)"><i>Guide</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Osprey_(AM-29)" title="USS Osprey (AM-29)"><i>Pioneer</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Preceded by: <i>None</i></li> <li>Followed by: <a href="/wiki/Raven-class_minesweeper" title="Raven-class minesweeper"><i>Raven</i> class</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt>X</dt> <dd>Cancelled</dd></dl> 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