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Detector (AMc 75)



Call sign:
Nan - Item - Xray - Yoke
Accentor Class Coastal Minesweeper:

  • Laid down 29 March 1941 by the Gibbs Gas Engine Co., Jacksonville, FL
  • Launched 29 May 1941
  • Placed in service 18 September 1941
  • Placed out of service 13 February 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register 26 February 1946
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal 8 April 1947
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 205 t.
  • Length 97' 1"
  • Beam 22'
  • Draft 9' 1"
  • Speed 10 kts.
  • Complement 17
  • Armament: One .50 cal. machine gun
  • Propulsion: One 400bhp Superior K.N.B. diesel engine, one shaft.
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