USS Redwing (ARS 4)

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Minesweeper
Class	Lapwing
Pennant	ARS 4
Mod	Salvage vessel
Built by	Baltimore Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Co. (Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.)
Ordered
Laid down	6 Aug 1918
Launched	7 Jun 1919
Commissioned	17 Oct 1919
Lost	29 Jun 1943
Loss position	37° 19'N, 9° 56'E

History	Completed as minesweeper Decommissioned on 14 April 1922 Transferred to the United States Coast Guard on 24 May 1924 and placed in commission as USCGC Redwing (WAT 48) on 11 October 1924 Returned to the USN on 29 August 1941 and Converted to a Rescue and Salvage Ship Recommissioned USS Redwing (ARS-4) on 28 October 1941 USS Redwing (Lt. M.C. Sibitzky) is sunk on 29 June 1943 by an underwater exposion (most likely a mine) north-east of Bizerte, Tunisia in position 37º19'N, 09º56'E

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt. Edmonson Ernest Coil, USN	28 Oct 1941	mid 42 ?
2	Lt. Martin Conrad Sibitzky, USN	mid 42 ?	29 Jun 1943

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