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Phoebe (AMc 57)

Call sign:
Nan - Baker - Jig - George

Coastal Minesweeper:

Laid down 5 December 1940 as Western Robin by the Western Boat Building Co., Tacoma, WA

Launched in 1941

Placed in service as USS Phoebe (AMc 57), 2 May 1941

Placed out of service 17 December 1945

Struck from the Naval Register 8 January 1946

Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal in March 1946

Sold 27 March 1946 to her builder and renamed Western Explorer

Foundered 14 May 1956 off Socorro Island, Mexico near Bimmer's Cove.

Specifications:

Displacement 205 t.

Length 95'

Beam 23' 9"

Draft 11'

Speed 11 kts.

Complement 17

Armament: Two .50 cal. machine guns

Propulsion: One 400bhp Atlas 6H-M-2124 diesel engine, one shaft.

Click on thumbnail for full size image	Size	Image Description	Source
Namesake
	46k	Namesake: *Phoebe* - A small migratory bird of the flycatcher family native to North America	Tommy Trampp
USS Phoebe (AMc-57)
110305709	369k	AP photo, dated 30 May 1941.	Dave Wright
	150k	c. May 1941 Off Seattle, WA National Archives photos 19 N-23977, 19-N-23978 and 19-N-23979	Naval History and Heritage Command
	232k
	158k
	298k	Original photo: c. 1943 Replacement photo: c. 1943 Photo courtesy Western Boat Building Co. from the 1943/1944 edition of Jane's Fighting Ships	Original photo: Gunter Krebs Replacement photo: Robert Hurst
	166k	c. 1943 - 45 Dutch Harbor, Aleutian Islands, AK	Contributed by Cyrus Dodd III, in honor of his father, Cyrus C. Dodd Jr., former crew member of Phoebe
	103k	c. 1943 - 45 Dutch Harbor, Aleutian Islands, AK. Phoebe pierside, YMS-135 center and YMS-130 outboard.
	141k	c. 1943 - 45 Dutch Harbor, Aleutian Islands, AK. PC-786 and PC-792 tied up astern of Phoebe

View the Phoebe (AMc-57)
DANFS History entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Website

AMc-57 Phoebe Crew Photo Page

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