Adjutant-class minesweeper
United States-built auxiliary motor minesweepers / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Adjutant-class auxiliary motor minesweepers were built for the United States Navy throughout the 1950s and 1960s, even as late as 1978. Most were loaned to foreign countries under the Military Defense Assistance Pact, with only 24 actually commissioned by the US Navy, with 13 of those eventually being transferred to foreign nations as well. Initially classified as auxiliary motor minesweepers (AMS), on 7 February 1955, they were reclassified as coastal minesweepers (minesweeper, coastal) (MSC).[1]
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Broadside view of Bluebird off south end of Mare Island on 29 September 1953. | |
Class overview | |
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Name | Adjutant class |
Builders | Various builders |
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Preceded by | YMS-1 class |
Succeeded by | Avenger class |
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Built | 1952–1978 |
In service | 1953–present |
Planned | 214 |
Completed | 202 |
Cancelled | 12 |
Lost | 4 |
Preserved | 2 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Minesweeper |
Displacement |
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Length | |
Beam | 27 ft (8.2 m) |
Draft | 9 ft (2.7 m) |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
Complement | 36–43 |
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