USS ''Lorikeet'' (AMc-49) was an ''Accentor''-class

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acquired by the

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for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing. The first ship to be named ''Lorikeet'' by the Navy was laid down by

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, Greenport,

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, 28 February 1941; launched 19 April; sponsored by Miss Mildred Howard; and commissioned 8 August 1941. Attached to the Inshore Patrol, ''Lorikeet'' was based at

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for sweeping operations to keep vital

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free from the menace of enemy mines. In November 1944 she was transferred to the

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and swept the sealanes approaching

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. As

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closed, she arrived

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, 8 August 1945. ''Lorikeet'' decommissioned there 14 December, was struck from the

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8 January 1946, and was turned over to the

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. She was sold to Karl H. Anderson of

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, 31 July 1947 and was subsequently sold to Nassau Fertilizer & Oil Co., Inc.,

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lorikeet Accentor-class minesweepers World War II minesweepers of the United States Ships built in Greenport, New York 1941 ships