Adroit class minesweeper

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Class overview
Built: 19411942
In commission: 19411946
Completed: 18
General characteristics
Displacement: 295 tons
Length: 173 ft 8 in (52.9 m)
Beam: 23 ft (7.0 m)
Draft: 6 ft 6 in (2.0 m)
Propulsion: 2 × 1,770 bhp Cooper Bessemer GNB8 diesel engines
or
2 × 1,440 bhp Busch-Sulzer BS 539 diesel engines
2 shafts
Speed: 16 knots (30 km/h)
Complement: 65
Armament: 1 × 3"/50 caliber gun
1 × 40 mm gun

The Adroit class minesweeper configuration was incorporated into U.S. Navy minesweepers designated AM-82 through AM-99.

[edit] Adroit class minesweepers

[edit] References

This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.