European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal (2)
World War II Victory Medal
Fate
Transferred to Uruguay, 18 August 1966
Stricken
1 August 1976
History
Uruguay
Name
ROU Comandante Pedro Campbell
Acquired
18 August 1966
Decommissioned
18 March 2003
Stricken
12 December 2003
Fate
Scrapped, 2005
General characteristics
Class and type
Auk-class minesweeper
Displacement
890 long tons (904 t)
Length
221 ft 3 in (67.44 m)
Beam
32 ft (9.8 m)
Draft
10 ft 9 in (3.28 m)
Speed
18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement
100 officers and enlisted
Armament
1 × 3"/50 caliber gun
2 × 40 mm guns
2 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannons
2 × depth charge tracks
USS Chickadee (AM-59) was an Auk-class minesweeper of the United States Navy, named after the Chickadee, a family of small passerine birds which appear in North America and Africa.
Chickadee was launched on 20 July 1942 at the Defoe Shipbuilding Company in Bay City, Michigan; sponsored by Mrs. George Buchanan Coale (Mary Woolfolk Rule Coale). She was commissioned on 9 November 1942 and reported to the Atlantic Fleet.
USSChickadee (AM-59) was an Auk-class minesweeper of the United States Navy, named after the Chickadee, a family of small passerine birds which appear...
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maintenance and training while the squadron commander (temporarily aboard Chickadee (AM-59)) supervised sweeping operations in the Cannes, Golfe-Juan area...
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this variety is collected at the peak of Junipero Serra Peak. Mountain chickadee, common in southern California and Sierra Nevada montane forest, is present...
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and northern harrier, as well as resident species like black-capped chickadees, blue jays, and barred owls. Wetlands provide habitat for amphibians such...
flora and fauna, including Gambel's quail (Callipepla gambelii), mountain chickadee (Parus gambeli) and Nuttall's woodpecker (Picoides nuttallii) Emil Grosswald:...
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