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USS Brant (AM-24)
Minesweeper of the United States Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see USS Brant.
USS Brant (AM-24) was a Lapwing-class minesweeper in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named by the U.S. Navy for the brant, a small goose.
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Name | USS Brant |
Builder | Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Chester, Pennsylvania |
Cost | $601,756 (hull & machinery)[1] |
Launched | 30 May 1918 |
Commissioned | 5 September 1918, as Minesweeper No.24 |
Decommissioned | 19 December 1945 |
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Honours and awards | 3 battle stars (World War II) |
Fate | Most likely scrapped |
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Class and type | Lapwing-class minesweeper |
Displacement | 950 long tons (965 t) |
Length | 187 ft 10 in (57.25 m) |
Beam | 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) |
Draft | 10 ft 4 in (3.15 m) |
Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
Complement | 78 |
Armament | 2 × 3 in (76 mm) guns |
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Brant was launched 30 May 1918 by Sun Shipbuilding Co., Chester, Pennsylvania; sponsored by Miss Lois Graham; commissioned 5 September 1918 and reported to the Minesweeping Force, 5th Naval District, to sweep convoy courses off the coast of Virginia.