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USS Auk (AM-38)
USS ''Auk'' (AM-38) was an ''Lapwing''-class minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy after World War I for the task of removing mines that had been placed during the war.
The first ship to be named ''Auk'' by the Navy, ''Minesweeper No. 38'' was laid down on 20 June 1918 at New York City by the Todd Shipyard Corp.; launched on 28 September 1918; sponsored by Miss Nan McArthur Beattie daughter of a Todd Shipyard foremen, and commissioned at the New York Navy Yard on 31 January 1919, Lt. Gregory Cullen in command.
Between World War I and World War II, ''Auk'' was converted into a survey ship for the Coast and Geodetic Survey, and was renamed USS Discoverer'' (ARS-3) as well as USC&GS ''Discoverer''.
== World War I-related service ==
Upon completion of her initial fitting out and dock trials, ''Auk'' proceeded to Tompkinsville, Staten Island, on the afternoon of 24 February reporting to Minesweeping Division, 3d Naval District. On 2 March, ''Auk'' sailed for Newport, Rhode Island, in company with (''Minesweeper No. 8)'' and arrived there the next morning. Returning to the Mine Sweeping Base at New York on the morning of the 6th, ''Auk'' left New York waters the following afternoon, bound for Boston, Massachusetts.〔
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