USS Longspur (AMCU-28)
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USS Longspur (AMCU-28) was a LCI(L)-351-class large landing craft of the United States Navy, later converted to a AMCU-7-class Coastal Minesweeper (Underwater Locator).
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Name | USS Longspur |
Builder | New Jersey Shipbuilding Company, Barber, New Jersey |
Laid down | 22 September 1944 |
Launched | 20 October 1944 |
Commissioned | 27 October 1944, as USS LCI(L)-884 |
Decommissioned | 24 March 1947 |
Recommissioned | June 1952, as USS Longspur (AMCU-28) |
Decommissioned | 1 January 1954 |
Reclassified |
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Honors and awards | 1 battle star (World War II) |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 18 May 1960 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | LCI(L)-351-class large landing craft |
Displacement | 216 long tons (219 t) |
Length | 158 ft 6 in (48.31 m) |
Beam | 23 ft 3 in (7.09 m) |
Draft | 3 ft 1.5 in (0.953 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
Complement | 2 officers, 21 enlisted |
Armament | 4 × single 20 mm AA guns, one forward, one amidships, two aft, later added two .50 cal (12.7 mm) machine guns |
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The ship was laid down on 22 September 1944 by the New Jersey Shipbuilding Company of Barber, New Jersey, launched on 20 October 1944, and commissioned as USS LCI(L)-884 on 27 October 1944.