USS Flamingo (AMc-22) was a coastal minesweeper

Coastal minesweeper

Coastal minesweeper is a term used by the United States Navy to indicate a minesweeper intended for coastal use as opposed to participating in fleet operations at sea....

 of the United States Navy

United States Navy

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The ship was laid down in 1940 as the fishing dragger

Naval trawler

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 Harriet N. Eldridge, acquired by the U.S. Navy on 4 November 1940, and placed in service as Flamingo on 6 June 1941.

Flamingo was in service from 6 June 1941 to 10 December 1945, serving in the 4th Naval District and the Potomac River

Potomac River

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 Naval Command.

She was redesignated and reclassified as the Unclassified Miscellaneous Auxiliary, IX-180 on 17 July 1944. Flamingo was struck from the Naval Vessel Register

Naval Vessel Register

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on 8 January 1946. Fate unknown.