Raven-class minesweeper

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Class overview

Name:	Raven class minesweeper
Builders:	Norfolk Navy Yard
Operators:	United States Navy
Preceded by:	Lapwing-class minesweeper
Succeeded by:	Auk-class minesweeper
In commission:	11 November 1940 - 31 May 1946
Completed:	2
Lost:	1
Retired:	1
Preserved:	0
General characteristics
Type:	Minesweeper
Displacement:	810 tons 1,040 tons full load
Length:	220 ft 6 in (67.21 m)
Beam:	32 ft 2 in (9.80 m)
Draft:	9 ft 4 in (2.84 m)
Speed:	18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement:	105 officers and men
Armament:	Raven: 1 × 3"/50 caliber gun 1 × 40 mm AA guns Osprey: 2 × 3"/50 caliber guns

The Raven class of U.S. Navy minesweepers was the basis upon which the Auk class of U.S. Navy minesweepers was based.

External links

v t e Raven-class minesweepers

Raven Osprey

Preceded by: Lapwing class Followed by: Auk class List of minesweepers of the United States Navy

v t e United States naval ship classes of World War II

Aircraft carriers	Lexington Ranger^S Yorktown Wasp^S Essex Midway^C

Light aircraft carriers	Independence Saipan^C

Escort carriers	Long Island Bogue Sangamon Charger Casablanca Commencement Bay

Battleships	Wyoming New York Nevada Pennsylvania New Mexico Tennessee Colorado North Carolina South Dakota Iowa Montana^X

Battlecruisers	Alaska

Heavy cruisers	Pensacola Northampton Portland New Orleans Wichita^S Baltimore Oregon City^C Des Moines^C

Light cruisers	Omaha Brooklyn St. Louis Atlanta Cleveland Fargo^C Juneau^C Worcester^C

Destroyers	Sampson Caldwell Wickes Clemson Farragut Porter Mahan Gridley Bagley Somers Benham Sims Benson Gleaves Fletcher Allen M. Sumner Robert H. Smith Gearing

Destroyer escorts	Evarts Buckley Cannon Edsall Rudderow John C. Butler

Patrol frigates	Asheville Tacoma

Minesweepers	Lapwing Raven Auk Eagle^S Hawk Admirable

Submarines	O R S Barracuda Argonaut^S Narwhal Dolphin^S Cachalot Porpoise Salmon Sargo Tambor Mackerel Gato Balao Tench

S Single ship of class C Completed after the war X Cancelled

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