USS Kestrel (AMc-5) (original) (raw)

USS Kestrel (AMc-5), was built in 1938 as Chanco by the Co., Salisbury, Maryland. The yacht was acquired by the United States Navy on 1 October 1940, converted to a coastal minesweeper, and commissioned as USS Kestrel (AMc-5) on 21 January 1941.