From: Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships

Any of several small dull singing birds of the genus Passer of the family Poseidae and related to the finches.

The purse seiner Pacific was acquired by the Navy on 14 November 1940 at San Diego, Calif. Fifteen days later, she was assigned the name Sparrow, and designated a coastal minesweeper, AMc-31. On 12 December 1940, she was reclassified as a harbor tug, and the name Sparrow was cancelled. On 5 February 1941, she was named Marin, and redesignated a net tender, YN-53.