USS McMinnville
Minesweeper of the United States Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
USS McMinnville (PCS-1401) was a PCS-1376-class minesweeper built for the United States Navy during World War II. Originally known only by her designation, as USS PCS-1401, she was renamed later in her career after towns in Oregon and Tennessee, and is the only U.S. Navy ship to have been named McMinnville.
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Name | USS PCS-1401 |
Builder | |
Laid down | 3 March 1944 as YMS-452 |
Reclassified | PCS-1401, 23 June 1944 |
Launched | 22 July 1944 |
Commissioned | 21 February 1945 |
Decommissioned | 1 June 1955 |
In service | 1 June 1955 |
Homeport | Chattanooga, Tennessee |
Renamed | McMinnville, 15 February 1956 |
Namesake | Towns in Oregon and Tennessee |
Stricken | 1 August 1962 |
Fate | Sold, 28 May 1963 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | PCS-1376-class minesweeper |
Displacement | 251 tons (lt.) |
Length | 136 ft (41 m) |
Beam | 24 ft 6 in (7.47 m) |
Draft | 10 ft (3.0 m) |
Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h) |
Complement | 57 |
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