USS Rail (AMCU-37)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Rail.
USS Rail (LCI(L)-1022/AMCU-37/MHC-37) was a Landing Craft Infantry Large.of the United States Navy, later converted to an AMCU-7-class coastal minesweeper.
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Name | USS Rail |
Builder | Albina Engine & Machine Works, Portland, Oregon |
Laid down | 3 March 1944 |
Launched | 17 April 1944 |
Commissioned | 18 May 1944, as USS LCI(L)-1022 |
Decommissioned | 14 August 1946 |
Recommissioned | 13 September 1952, as USS Rail (AMCU-37) |
Decommissioned | 13 October 1957 |
Reclassified |
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Stricken | 1 January 1960 |
Identification | IMO number: 5000639 |
Honors and awards | 2 battle stars (World War II) |
Fate | Sold |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Landing Craft Infantry Large |
Displacement | 387 long tons (393 t) |
Length | 159 ft (48 m) |
Beam | 23 ft 8 in (7.21 m) |
Draft | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
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Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
Complement | 40 |
Armament | 5 × single 20 mm AA guns |
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The ship was laid down by the Albina Engine & Machine Works, Portland, Oregon, on 3 March 1944, launched on 17 April 1944, and commissioned as USS LCI(L)-1022 on 18 May 1944.