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UNITED STATES NAVY (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA)

MINE WARFARE SHIPS

RHEA coastal minesweepers (1941)

No Name Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
AMc58 Rhea   Martinolich SB, Tacoma 1940 9.8.1941 10.1941 stricken 2.1946
AMc59 Ruff (ex-Speaker)   Martinolich SB, Tacoma 1940 24.4.1941 10.1941 stricken 2.1946

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

307

Length, m

30.0

Breadth, m

7.32

Draught, m

3.37

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 Superior diesel

Power, h. p.

465

Max speed, kts

10

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

2 x 1 - 12.7/90, mechanical minesweeping gear

Complement

17

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

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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