USS Whippoorwill (AM-35)
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USS Whippoorwill (AM-35) was a Lapwing-class minesweeper of the United States Navy.
For other ships with the same name, see USS Whippoorwill.
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The first Whippoorwill to be so named by the Navy, Minesweeper No. 35 was laid down on 12 December 1917 at Mobile, Alabama, by the Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company; launched on 4 July 1918; sponsored by Miss M. I. Evans; and commissioned on 1 April 1919.