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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- CIVILIAN SHIPS --

Fishing Dragger Harriet N. Eldridge (1940);
Later USS Flamingo (AMc-22, later IX-180), 1941-1946.

Harriet N. Eldridge, a fishing dragger, was built in 1940 for civilian owners. She was acquired by the U.S. Navy in November of that year and placed in service as the coastal minesweeper USS Flamingo (AMc-22) in June 1941. The ship served in the waters of the 4th Naval District and the Potomac River Command. She was redesignated IX-180 in July 1944 and was stricken from the Navy list in January 1946.

This page features our only view of the dragger Harriet N. Eldridge, later USS Flamingo.


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Photo #: NH 96309

Harriet N. Eldridge
(U.S. Dragger, 1940)

Photographed soon after completion. This is probably the Harriet N. Eldridge built in 1940, acquired by the Navy on 4 November 1940, and put into service on 6 June 1941 as USS Flamingo (AMc-22). She was reclassified IX-180 on 17 July 1944 and stricken on 8 January 1946.
A nearly identical Harriet N. Eldridge was built in 1941, put into service by the Navy as AMb-20 on 28 April 1942, renamed YP-378 on 1 May 1942 and stricken on 16 September 1944.

The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 82KB; 740 x 595 pixels

 


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Page made 28 January 2001