USS Revenge (AM-110)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Revenge.
USS Revenge (AM-110) was a World War II-era Auk-class minesweeper in the service of the United States Navy. It was the sixth United States vessel named Revenge.
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Name | USS Revenge |
Builder | Winslow Marine Railway and Shipbuilding Company, Seattle, Washington |
Laid down | 19 June 1942 |
Launched | 7 November 1942 |
Commissioned | 21 July 1943 |
Decommissioned | 18 March 1947 |
Recommissioned | 14 February 1951 |
Decommissioned | 9 March 1955 |
Reclassified | MSF-110, 7 March 1955 |
Stricken | 1 November 1956 |
Honours and awards | 6 battle stars (World War II) |
Fate | Sold for scrapping, May 1967 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Auk-class minesweeper |
Displacement | 890 long tons (904 t) |
Length | 221 ft 3 in (67.44 m) |
Beam | 32 ft (9.8 m) |
Draft | 10 ft 9 in (3.28 m) |
Speed | 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
Complement | 100 officers and enlisted |
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Revenge was laid down as Right on 19 June 1942 by Winslow Marine Railway and Shipbuilding Company, Seattle, Washington; launched on 7 November 1942; renamed Revenge 15 May 1943; and commissioned on 21 July 1943.