Once the arduous and dangerous job was complete, Flamingo and her sister ships could head home to the United States for a well-earned rest. She subsequently participated in the final sweep of the mine barrage, the climactic sweep which detonated five mines, cut loose 47, and destroyed 50-into late September. Later in August, Flamingo resumed her minesweeper duties with the detachment, working out of the Norwegian ports of Lervic, Stavanger, and Haugesund before returning to Kirkwall via Otters Wick, Orkneys, on 7 September. 27) to South Shields, England, for drydocking and repairs in the wake of her mining the previous month. Two days later, the minesweeper towed her crippled sister ship Pelican (Minesweeper No.
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She transported a cargo of steel and lumber to Black Hawk on her return voyage, arriving at Kirkwall on 13 August. 17) lent assistance and towed Flamingo to Invergordon, Scotland, for drydocking and repairs on 17 July.įlamingo was ready to return to the base at Kirkwall by early in the next month. The underwater blast badly damaged the rudder, disabled the capstan and generator, and dished in the ship's stern plating in several places. The mine exploded beneath Flamingo's stern. The deadly device was trailing just beneath the fantail of the ship. The next morning, when Flamingo weighed her anchor to get underway, she discovered that she had drifted into the minefield and had fouled one of the horned spheres in her anchor cable. She slowly worked southward from her original position. During the ensuing evening hours, strong winds and currents caused the ship to drag her anchor. On 15 July, Flamingo anchored for the night, as was usual practice, to the northward of the minefield. Four days later, she sailed to assist in clearing group 11 of the mine barrage in the second phase of the fourth clearance operation conducted by the Minesweeping Detachment. The minesweeper then performed tugboat duty at Kirkwall between 25 June and 7 July. On 23 June, Flamingo transported officers and men from Kirkwall to Inverness, Scotland, and returned to her base in the evening carrying supplies for the detachment flagship, Black Hawk (Destroyer Tender No. By 1919, however, the barrage hampered the resumption of peaceful commerce. Laid by the United States Navy after America entered World War I, the barrier had served as a formidable obstacle for German U-boats based at North Sea ports. Along with American subchasers, chartered British trawlers, and fellow Lapwing-class sweepers, Flamingo would participate in the clearing of the North Sea Mine Barrage. Proceeding via Boston, the minesweeper arrived at Kirkwall, Scotland, on 5 June, to begin her tour of duty with the United States Minesweeping Detachment, North Sea. Shifting to the New York Navy Yard soon thereafter, Flamingo began fitting out "for distant service."įlamingo departed Tompkinsville on 18 May, bound for the Orkney Islands.
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tug, and underwent repairs at Port Richmond, Staten Island.
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On 10 April, she suffered damage in a collision with an unnamed Panama Railroad Co. The minesweeper performed various towing jobs and carried stores locally in the 3d Naval District into the spring of 1919. Mayer in command.įlamingo fitted out at the New York Navy Yard and later shifted to Tompkinsville, Staten Island, N.Y., on 29 March. Albert Moritz, the inspector of minesweepers for the 3d Naval Distract and commissioned at the New York Navy Yard on 12 February 1919, Lt. launched on 24 August 1918 sponsored by Miss Fanny Caroline Moritz, the daughter of Comdr. 32) on 18 October 1917 at Elizabethport, N.J., by the New Jersey Drydock and Transportation Co. The third Viking (ARS-1) was originally laid down as Flamingo (Minesweeper No.