USS Ibis (AM-134)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Ibis.

History
United States
Name	M/V Tide
Namesake	The ibis
Owner	General Sea Foods Corp., Boston, Massachusetts
Builder	Bethlehem Steel, Quincy, Massachusetts
Launched	1937
Fate	Requisitioned by the US Navy, 1 January 1942
United States
Name	USS Ibis
Acquired	1 January 1942
Commissioned	23 May 1942
Decommissioned	1 May 1944
Stricken	16 September 1944
Fate	Sold back to former owner
General characteristics as Minesweeper
Class and type	Hawk-class minesweeper
Displacement	590 long tons (600 t)
Length	147 ft (45 m)
Beam	26 ft (7.9 m)
Draft	13 ft (4.0 m)
Propulsion	Cooper Bessemer diesel engine, one shaft, 650 shp (485 kW)
Speed	12 knots (14 mph; 22 km/h)
Armament	• 2 × 6-pounder guns

The second USS Ibis (AM-134), was a Hawk-class minesweeper of the United States Navy during World War II.

As the M/V Tide, a steel-hulled fishing trawler, she was built by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co., Quincy, Massachusetts, for the General Sea Foods Corp., Boston, Massachusetts, in 1937.

The vessel was acquired by the navy, on 1 January 1942, and conversion to a minesweeper began on 8 January 1942 at the Bethlehem Steel Corp., East Boston, Massachusetts. Renamed Ibis on 21 January 1942, she completed conversion and was commissioned on 23 May 1942.

Ibis was assigned to Woods Hole Section Base, Massachusetts, as a training ship until early 1943, when she took up minesweeping duties out of Newport, Rhode Island.

Ibis was decommissioned 1 May 1944. Her name was struck from the Navy List on 16 September 1944 and she transferred to the Maritime Commission. She was subsequently sold back to the General Foods Corporation.

References

•  This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

External links

• NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive - Ibis (AM 134)