Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. USS Whippoorwill (AM-207) was a Redwing-class minesweeper of the United States Navy. Laid down on 7 January 1954 as AMS-207 by the Bellingham Shipyards Co., Bellingham, Washington and launched on 13 August 1954. Redesignated a Coastal Minesweeper MSC-207 on 7 February 1955, the ship was commissioned on 20 October 1955 at Tacoma, Washington. On 7 November, the mine countermeasures ship reported for duty with the Commander, Mine Force, Pacific Fleet. Over the next 10 months, she first conducted shakedown training along the west coast and then began normal duty with the Mine Force out of Long Beach, California. That duty lasted until 1 August 1956, when she departed Long Beach for her new home port, Sasebo, Japan. After stops at Oahu and Midway Island, the coastal minesweeper arrived at Sasebo on 21 August and reported for duty to the Commander, Mine Flotilla 1.

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