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MINE WARFARE SHIPS AND CRAFTS

AKTION minelayers (1945/1953)

Aktion 1975

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Άκτιον [Aktion] (ex-MMC6, ex-LSM301) N04   Charleston N Yd, USA 10/1944 19.11.1944 1.1945 // 12.1953 stricken 10.2000
Αμβρακία [Amvrakia] (ex-MMC7, ex-LSM303) N05   Charleston N Yd, USA 10/1944 14.11.1944 1.1945 // 12.1953 stricken 8.2002
 

Displacement standard, t

720

Displacement full, t

1100

Length, m

59.9 wl 62.1 oa

Breadth, m

10.5

Draught, m

2.60

No of shafts

2

Machinery

4 General Motors 16-278A diesels

Power, h. p.

2880

Max speed, kts

12

Fuel, t

diesel oil 60

Endurance, nm(kts) 3500(12)

Armament

4 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 6 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 100 - 300 mines

Electronic equipment

Decca 1226C radar

Complement 65

Project history: Former USN LSM1 class medium landing ships, converted to minelayers before transfer. Mines were handled by derricks fore and aft.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Amvrakia 1974

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