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MINE WARFARE SHIPS

KATANPÄÄ inshore minesweepers (1941-1942/1948)

Katanpää 1955

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Katanpää (ex-BYMS2049, ex-BYMS49) 1   Gibbs Gas Engine, Jackson, USA 5.1942 1.9.1942 4.1943 // 1948 BU 1960
Purunpää (ex-BYMS2032, ex-BYMS32) 2   American Car & Foundry, Wilmington, USA 5.1942 29.10.1942 4.1943 // 1948 BU 1959
Vahterpää (ex-BYMS2044, ex-BYMS44) 3   Gibbs Gas Engine, Jackson, USA 4.1942 19.6.1942 12.1942 // 1948 BU 1958
Tammenpää (ex-BYMS2047, ex-BYMS47) 4   Gibbs Gas Engine, Jackson, USA 4.1942 9.8.1942 2.1943 // 1948 BU 1960

 

Displacement standard, t

207

Displacement full, t

circa 250

Length, m

41.5

Breadth, m

7.47

Draught, m

2.36 deep load

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 diesels

Power, h. p.

800

Max speed, kts

15

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 21, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, mechanical, magnetic, acoustic minesweeping gear

Electronic equipment SO radar

Complement

60

Project history: Former British US-built YMS class coastal minesweepers.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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