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UNITED STATES NAVY (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA)

MINE WARFARE SHIPS

FLAMINGO coastal minesweepers (1941)

No Name Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
AMc22 Flamingo (ex-Harriet N. Eldridge)   Morse, Thomaston 1940   6.1941 miscellaneous auxiliary IX180 7.1944
AMc25 Canary (ex-John G. Murley)   Morse, Thomaston 1939   6.1941 diving tender YDT7 1.1944

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

199

Length, m

28.4

Breadth, m

5.89

Draught, m

3.71

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 Cooper diesel

Power, h. p.

180

Max speed, kts

 

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 20/21, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, mechanical minesweeping gear

Complement

 

Project history: Wooden-hulled trawlers, purchased by the USN before completing.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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