General Engineering & Dry Dock Company, Alameda, California
Laid down
14 April 1942
Launched
17 August 1942
Commissioned
17 April 1943
Decommissioned
15 June 1946
Reclassified
MSF-102, 7 February 1955
Stricken
1 December 1966
Honours and awards
3 battle stars (World War II)
Fate
Destroyed as a target, April 1968
General characteristics
Class and type
Auk-class minesweeper
Displacement
890 long tons (904 t)
Length
221 ft 3 in (67.44 m)
Beam
32 ft (9.8 m)
Draft
10 ft 9 in (3.28 m)
Speed
18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement
100 officers and enlisted
Armament
1 × 3"/50 caliber gun
2 × 40 mm guns
2 × 20 mm guns
2 × Depth charge tracks
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