Raven-class minesweeper
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Class overview | |
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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
- Minesweeper (AM)- Minesweeper, Steel hulled (MSF)- Minesweeper, Ocean (MSO) - British Minesweepers (BAM) - Index
- Raven class
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