USS Might
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USS Might (PG-94) was laid down as Canadian corvette CN-312 by Morton Engineering and Drydock Co., Ltd., Quebec, Canada, on 28 November 1941 and launched as HMS Musk on 15 July 1942. The ship was transferred to the United States Navy on 20 July 1942, renamed Might on 14 August 1942, and commissioned at Quebec on 22 December 1942.
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Musk |
Builder | Morton Engineering & Dry Dock Co., Quebec City |
Laid down | 2 November 1941 as Canadian Corvette CN-312 |
Launched | 15 July 1942 |
Identification | Pennant number: K289 |
Fate | Transferred to the US Navy, 20 July 1942 |
United States | |
Name | USS Might (PG-94) |
Commissioned | 15 July 1942 |
Decommissioned | 9 October 1945 |
Stricken | 24 October 1945 |
Fate | Sold into mercantile service, scrapped 1975 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Action-class patrol boat |
Displacement | 1,375 long tons (1,397 t) |
Length | 205 ft (62 m) |
Beam | 33 ft (10 m) |
Draft | 14 ft 7 in (4.45 m) |
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Speed | 16.5 kn (19.0 mph; 30.6 km/h) |
Complement | 90 |
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