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USS Gannet (AM-41)
Minesweeper of the United States Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see USS Gannet.
USS Gannet (AM-41) was an Lapwing-class minesweeper built for the United States Navy near the end of World War I.
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Name | USS Gannet (AM-41) |
Namesake | the gannet bird |
Builder | |
Laid down | 1 October 1918 |
Launched | 19 March 1919 |
Sponsored by | Edna Mae Fry |
Commissioned | 10 July 1919 |
Reclassified | Small Seaplane Tender AVP-8, 22 January 1936 |
Fate | Torpedoed by U-653 northwest of Bermuda 7 June 1942 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Lapwing-class minesweeper |
Displacement | 950 tons |
Length | 187 ft 10 in (57.25 m) |
Beam | 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) |
Draft | 9 ft 10 in (3.00 m) |
Propulsion | One 1,400 shp Harlan & Hollingsworth Corp. Vertical triple expansion steam engine, one shaft. |
Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h) |
Complement | 72 |
Armament | 2 machine guns |
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Gannet was laid down 1 October 1918 by the Todd Shipyard Corp., New York; launched 19 March 1919; sponsored by Miss Edna Mae Fry; and commissioned at the New York Navy Yard 10 July 1919.