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MINE WARFARE SHIPS

JUPITER coastal minesweepers (1955/1975)

Jupiter 1980

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Jupiter (ex-Whippoorwill) M101   Bellingham SY, USA 7.1.1954 13.8.1954 20.10.1955 // 5.12.1975 discarded 1990
Mercury (ex-Thrasher) M102   Tampa Marine, USA 1.4.1954 6.10.1954 16.8.1955 // 5.12.1975 diving tender 1992

 

Displacement standard, t

360

Displacement full, t

400

Length, m

42.1 wl 44.3 oa

Breadth, m

8.10

Draught, m

2.10

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 General Motors 8-268A diesels

Power, h. p.

1200

Max speed, kts

13

Fuel, t

diesel oil 40

Endurance, nm(kts)

2500(10)

Armament

1 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 24, mechanical, magnetic, acoustic minesweeping gear

Electronic equipment

SPS-53 radar, UQS-1D sonar

Complement

39

Project history: Former USN Redwing class coastal minesweepers.

Modernizations: 1980, both: - 1 x 2 - 20/70; + 1 x 1 - 20/90 GAM-B01

Naval service: No significant events.

Mercury 1976

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