USS Salem (CM-11)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Salem.
USS Salem (CM-11) was a commercial cargo ship, that served as a minelayer and then net laying ship of the United States Navy during World War II.
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United States | |
Name | USS Salem |
Namesake | |
Builder | William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Launched | 1916, as SS Joseph R. Parrott |
Acquired | 8 June 1942 |
Commissioned | 9 August 1942 |
Decommissioned | 6 December 1945 |
Renamed | Shawmut, 15 August 1945 |
Stricken | 3 January 1946 |
Honours and awards | 2 battle stars (WWII) |
Fate | Sold, 7 March 1947 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Cargo ship / Minelayer / Net laying ship |
Displacement | 5,300 long tons (5,385 t) |
Length | 350 ft (110 m) |
Beam | 57 ft (17 m) |
Draft | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
Propulsion | Vertical triple-expansion engine, 2 shafts, 2,700 shp (2,013 kW) |
Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Complement | 219 officers and enlisted |
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The ship was built in 1916 by William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, as SS Joseph R. Parrott; was acquired by the U.S. Navy on 8 June 1942 from the Maritime Commission; and commissioned on 9 August 1942.