 USS Lapwing (AM-1)

USS "Lapwing" (AM-1/AVP-1) was the lead ship of her class of minesweeper — the first minesweeper of the United States Navy.She was named after a bird, the lapwing, an abundant crested plover ("Vanellus vanellus") of Europe, Asia, and northern Africa, noted for its slow, irregular, flapping flight and its shrill wailing cry.