USS Ampere
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USS Ampere (PCE-919/AM-359/YDG-11/ADG-11) was originally planned as a PCE-905-class patrol craft for the United States Navy, PCE-919, and laid down as an Admirable-class minesweeper, named Drake, for the male duck. Before she was commissioned, her name was cancelled and she was reclassified as a District Degaussing Vessel. She was later renamed Ampere, after the ampere, a unit of electric current, which takes its name from the French physicist André-Marie Ampère.
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USS Ampere (ADG-11), heads out to sea c. 1955/1956. | |
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Namesake | A male Duck |
Builder | Willamette Iron and Steel Works, Portland, Oregon |
Laid down | 24 November 1943 |
Launched | 12 August 1944 |
In service | 15 August 1945 |
Out of service | 1 November 1947 |
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Fate | laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group, November 1947 |
United States | |
Name | ADG-11 |
In service | July 1951 |
Out of service | February 1957 |
Renamed | Ampere, 1 February 1955 |
Stricken | 1 July 1961 |
Homeport | |
Identification | Hull symbol: ADG-11 |
Fate | Sold, 21 June 1962 |
Philippines | |
Owner | Philippine President Lines, Manila |
Acquired | 21 June 1962 |
Status | unknown |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Admirable-class minesweeper |
Displacement | 625 long tons (635 t) |
Length | 184 ft 6 in (56.24 m) |
Beam | 33 ft (10 m) |
Draft | 9 ft 9 in (2.97 m) |
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Propulsion | |
Speed | 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
Complement | 68 |
Armament | 1 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber dual-purpose (DP) gun |
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