1313 Mockingbird Lane 1313 Mockingbird Lane 1313 Mockingbird Lane is an American garage rock band whose name was inspired by "The Munsters<nowiki>'</nowiki>" (television show) mansion address. The group formed in the late 1980s in Albany, New York, touring extensively, and releasing at least nine different 45 rpm records, LP records, and CD recordings. The band had a full-page narrative dedicated to them in Timothy Gassen's book "The Knights of Fuzz", about the garage rock and psychedelic music phenomenon of 1980-1995. Of thousands of bands covered in the book, Gassen listed 1313 Mockingbird Lane on his "all time Hot 100" list, which also included
USS Mockingbird (AMc-28) USS Mockingbird (AMc-28) USS Mockingbird (AMc-28) was a coastal minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy for use in World War II. Her task was to clear minefields in coastal waterways. The first Navy ship to be named Mockingbird, "AMc-28", a wooden dragger built in 1936 as "Rio Douro" by Morse Shipyards, Thomaston, Maine, was purchased by the U.S. Navy from L. C. McEwen and A. M. Pereira of Gloucester, Massachusetts, 30 October 1940; converted to a coastal minesweeper by the General Ship & Engine Works, East Boston, Massachusetts; renamed "Mockingbird" 14 November 1940; and placed in service at Boston 12