USS Sanderling (AMc-11)
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NameUSS Sanderling
BuilderHarbor Boat Works, Terminal Island, California
Launched1937, as New Conti di Savoia
Acquiredby purchase, 28 October 1940
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Sanderling |
| Builder | Harbor Boat Works, Terminal Island, California |
| Launched | 1937, as New Conti di Savoia |
| Acquired | by purchase, 28 October 1940 |
| Commissioned | 18 April 1941 |
| Decommissioned | 18 September 1944 |
| Stricken | 14 October 1944 |
| Fate | Sold back to former owner, February 1945 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Coastal minesweeper |
| Displacement | 180 long tons (183 t) |
| Length | 77 ft 8 in (23.67 m) |
| Beam | 20 ft 6 in (6.25 m) |
| Draft | 3 ft 9 in (1.14 m) |
| Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement | 16 |
| Armament | 2 × .30 cal (7.62 mm) machine guns |
USS Sanderling (AMc-11) was a coastal minesweeper of the United States Navy.
The ship was built in 1937 as the wooden purse seiner New Conti di Savoia by the Harbor Boat Works, Terminal Island, California; was purchased for U.S. Navy use on 28 October 1940 from the New Conti di Savoia Fishing Corp., San Pedro, Los Angeles; converted to a coastal minesweeper by the Al Larson Boat Building, San Pedro, California; and placed in service as Sanderling on 18 April 1941.
Based at San Diego, Sanderling conducted local minesweeping and patrol operations in the 11th Naval District until placed out of service on 18 September 1944.
