USS Cockatoo (AMc-8)

	USS Cockatoo inboard profile drawing
History
United States
Name	USS Cockatoo
Builder	Seattle Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Seattle, Washington
Launched	1936, as Vashon
Acquired	23 October 1940
Commissioned	25 April 1941, as USS Cockatoo (AMc-8)
Fate	Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 23 September 1946. Fate unknown.
General characteristics
Type	Coastal minesweeper
Displacement	185 long tons (188 t)
Length	88 ft (27 m)
Beam	23 ft 4 in (7.11 m)
Draft	8 ft 11 in (2.72 m)
Propulsion	1 × 240 bhp (179 kW) Atlas 4HM 2124 diesel engine, one shaft
Speed	9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph)
Complement	17
Armament	1 × .50 cal (12.7 mm) machine gun

USS Cockatoo was a coastal minesweeper, built in 1936 as Vashon by the Seattle Construction and Dry Dock Company, Seattle, Washington, which was acquired by the United States Navy on 23 October 1940 and commissioned as USS Cockatoo (AMc-8), on 25 April 1941.

Cockatoo was placed in service on 25 April 1941 and operated in the 14th Naval District from Pearl Harbor where she was undamaged during the attack on Pearl Harbor throughout World War II. She was transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal on 23 September 1946.

References

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.