USS Gannet (AM-21) 



Built in 1919 by Todd Shipyard Corporation of New York. 

 Dining the summers of 1926, 1929, and 1932 through 1935, she 

 acted as an aircraft tender accompanying survey expeditions 

 (which included aerial surveys) to Alaska and the Aleutian 

 Islands. Participating in these summer expeditions were civilian 



scientists from academic and private oceanographic institutions. 

 In June, 1942 while operating northwest of Bermuda, Gannet 

 was hit by torpedoes and sunk. 



Length: 187' 10" Displacement: 950 tons 



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USS Raniapo 



A single screw, commercial type oil tanker built in 1919 by 51 crossings of the North Pacific from 1929 to 1938 coinci- 

 Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company of Newport dental with her tanker duties. She was disposed of in 1946. 

 News, Virginia. She gathered extensive sounding data during her Length: 477' 10" Displacement: 19,189 tons 



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