USS Chimo (ACM-1)
United States Navy minelayer, 1944–1946 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see USS Chimo.
The second USS Chimo (ACM-1) was the lead ship of her class of minelayers in the United States Navy during World War II.
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Name | USS Chimo (ACM-1) |
Builder | Marietta Manufacturing Company, Point Pleasant, West Virginia |
Laid down | 1943 as USAMP Colonel Charles W. Bundy for the U.S. Army |
Launched | 1943 |
Acquired | 7 April 1944 |
Commissioned | 7 April 1944 |
Decommissioned | 21 May 1946 |
Stricken | 19 July 1946 |
Honours and awards | 2 battle stars |
Fate | Sold, 28 September 1948 |
Notes | Converted to tuna seiner MV Day Island |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Chimo-class minelayer |
Displacement | 880 long tons (894 t) |
Length | 188 ft 2 in (57.35 m) |
Beam | 37 ft (11 m) |
Draft | 12 ft 6 in (3.81 m) |
Propulsion | Two Combustion Engineering header type boilers, two 1,200shp Skinner Unaflow reciprocating engines, two shafts. |
Speed | 12.5 knots (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph) |
Complement | 69 |
Armament | 1 × 40 mm gun |
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Chimo was built as USAMP Colonel Charles W. Bundy for the U.S. Army Mine Planter Service by Marietta Manufacturing Co., Point Pleasant, West Virginia; converted at Norfolk Navy Yard; acquired by the U.S. Navy on 7 April 1944; commissioned the same day and reported to the Atlantic Fleet.