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The first USS ''Flicker'' (AM-70) was a minesweeper in the United States Navy during World War II, named after the flicker, a medium-sized member of the woodpecker family common to North America. Laid down on 27 October 1936 as the steel-hulled fishing trawler, M/V ''Delaware'' by the Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine for the Booth Fisheries Co. of Boston, Massachusetts, the ship was launched on 25 February 1937. Acquired by the US Navy on 9 August 1940 and converted to a minesweeper at the Bethlehem Steel Co., East Boston, she was renamed ''Flicker'' on 14 August 1940, and commissioned as USS ''Flicker'' (AM-70) on 26 October 1940, Lieutenant H. K. Hall in command. Conversion was completed on 26 March 1941. She was reclassified IX-165 on 11 April 1944. == World War II North Atlantic operations== After training off Norfolk, Virginia, ''Flicker'' carried out sweeping operations off Bermuda from May 1941 through December, then returned to Norfolk for minesweeping in the Virginia Capes. == South Atlantic operations== On 19 September 1942, she arrived at Recife, Brazil, where she served as harbor entrance guard ship and swept mines until 7 January 1943. Her base from that time to 11 July was Bahia, Brazil, and after operations at Rio de Janeiro, she returned to Bahia on 21 November, to serve there until 8 February 1944. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「USS Flicker (AM-70)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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