USS Ruddy
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USS Ruddy (AM-380) was an Auk-class minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing. She was the only U.S. Navy ship named for the North American ruddy duck.
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USS Ruddy entering Pearl Harbor, 1955 in company with the USS Zeal | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Ruddy (AM-380) |
Laid down | 24 February 1944 |
Launched | 29 October 1944 |
Commissioned | 28 April 1945 |
Reclassified | MSF-380, 7 February 1955 |
Decommissioned | 31 August 1956 |
Stricken | c. 1960 |
Homeport | Long Beach, California |
Fate | Transferred to Peru, 1 November 1960 |
History | |
Peru | |
Name | BAP Gálvez |
Acquired | 1 November 1960 |
Fate | Stricken 1981 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Auk-class minesweeper |
Displacement | 890 tons |
Length | 221 ft 2 in (67.41 m) |
Beam | 32 ft 2 in (9.80 m) |
Draft | 11 ft (3.4 m) |
Propulsion | two 3,532shp General Motors 12-278A diesel electric drive engines, Westinghouse single reduction gear, two shafts. |
Speed | 18 knots |
Complement | 105 |
Armament | one 3 in (76 mm) dual purpose gun mount, two single 40 mm gun mounts, six single 20 mm gun mounts, one depth charge thrower (Hedgehogs), four depth charge projectiles (k-guns), two depth charge tracks |
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