USS Sentry (AM-299)
Minesweeper of the United States Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see USS Sentry.
USS Sentry (AM-299) was an Admirable-class minesweeper built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Pacific Ocean and was awarded six battle stars, a Navy Unit Commendation, and a Presidential Unit Citation. She was decommissioned and placed in reserve in 1946. In August 1962, the former Sentry was transferred to South Vietnam as RVNS Ky Hoa (HQ-09) in the Republic of Vietnam Navy. Her fate after 1962 is unreported in secondary sources.
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Name | USS Sentry |
Builder | Winslow Marine Railway and Shipbuilding Company, Seattle |
Laid down | 16 May 1943 |
Launched | 15 August 1943 |
Sponsored by | Miss Nanette L. Pratt |
Commissioned | 30 May 1944 |
Decommissioned | 19 June 1946 |
Reclassified | MSF-299, 7 February 1955 |
Stricken | 1 February 1962 |
Fate | Transferred to South Vietnam, 21 August 1962 |
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Republic of Vietnam Navy | |
Name | RVNS Ky Hoa (HQ-09) |
Acquired | 21 August 1962 |
Fate | Captured by North Vietnam, 30 April 1975. To Vietnam People's Navy |
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Vietnam People's Navy | |
Name | HQ-05 |
Acquired | 21 August 1962 |
Fate | Captured by North Vietnam, 30 April 1975. To Vietnam People's Navy |
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Class and type | Admirable-class minesweeper |
Displacement | 650 tons |
Length | 184 ft 6 in (56.24 m) |
Beam | 33 ft (10 m) |
Draft | 9 ft 9 in (2.97 m) |
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Speed | 14.8 knots (27.4 km/h) |
Complement | 104 |
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