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USS Vireo (AM-52)
Minesweeper of the United States Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see USS Vireo.
USS Vireo (AM-52) was a U.S. Navy Lapwing-class minesweeper, No. 52, reclassified on 1 June 1942 as a fleet tug. The bulk of her combat career was served in this capacity.
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Ordered | as Minesweeper No. 52 |
Laid down | 20 November 1918 |
Launched | 26 May 1919 |
Commissioned | 16 October 1919 |
Decommissioned | 18 April 1946 |
Stricken | 8 May 1946 |
Fate | Transferred from the Maritime Commission for disposal on 4 February 1947 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 840 tons |
Length | 187 ft 10 in (57.25 m) |
Beam | 35 ft 5 in (10.80 m) |
Draught | 8 ft 10 in (2.69 m) |
Propulsion | Two Babcock & Wilcox header boilers, one 1,400shp Chester Shipbuilding 200psi saturated steam vertical triple expansion reciprocating engine, one shaft. |
Speed | 15 knots |
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Armament | two 3 in (76 mm) guns |
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