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USS Owl (AM-2)
Minesweeper of the United States Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see USS Owl.
USS Owl (AM-2) was an Lapwing-class minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing.
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Name | USS Owl |
Builder | Todd Shipyard Co., New York |
Laid down | 25 October 1917 |
Launched | 4 March 1918 |
Commissioned | 11 July 1918 |
Decommissioned | 26 July 1946 |
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Honours and awards | 1 battle star (World War II) |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 27 June 1947 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Lapwing-class minesweeper |
Displacement | 1,009 long tons (1,025 t) full |
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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The first Owl to be so named by the Navy, AM-2 was laid down 25 October 1917 by the Todd Shipbuilding Corp., Brooklyn, New York; launched 4 March 1918; sponsored by Miss Ruth R. Dodd; and commissioned 11 July 1918.