| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Built: | 1941–1942 |
| In commission: | 1941–1946 |
| Completed: | 18 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 295 tons |
| Length: | 173 ft 8 in (52.93 m) |
| Beam: | 23 ft (7.0 m) |
| Draft: | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × 1,770 bhp (1,320 kW) Cooper Bessemer GNB8 diesel engines or 2 × 1,440 bhp (1,070 kW) 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 minesweepers were a class of United States Navy PC-461-class submarine chasers completed as minesweepers. However, they were considered unsatisfactory in this role, and were all were eventually converted back into submarine chasers.[1]
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