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Victor (AMc 109)



Call sign:
Nan - Able - Tare - Easy


Accentor Class Coastal Minesweeper:

  • Laid down 14 July 1941 by the Snow Shipyards Inc., Rockland, ME
  • Launched 6 December 1941
  • Placed in service as USS Victor (AMc 109), 17 April 1942 at the Boston Navy Yard
  • Placed out of service 31 October 1945 at Charleston, SC
  • Struck from the Naval Register 16 November 1945
  • Transferred to the War Shipping Administration 28 October 1946
  • Sold in 1947 to Sunlight, Inc. of Gloucester, MA and renamed Sunlight
  • Sold in 1968 to Oniran, Inc. of Gloucester and renamed Sara M
  • Sold in 1976 to C.T.L., Inc. of Beaufort, NC
  • Out of documentation in 1989
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 303 t.
  • Length 98' 5"
  • Beam 23' 6"
  • Draft 10' 8"
  • Speed 10 kts.
  • Complement 17
  • Armament: Two .50 cal. machine guns
  • Propulsion: One 450bhp Fairbanks Morse 35F14 diesel engine, one shaft.
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