USS Shoveler (third ship from left) at Sasebo, Japan, 1952
History
United States
Name
USS Shoveler
Namesake
Shoveler duck
Builder
Gulf Shipbuilding Corp., Chickasaw, Alabama
Laid down
1 April 1944
Launched
10 December 1944
Sponsored by
Mrs. William G. Burkhart
Commissioned
22 May 1945
Decommissioned
5 November 1946
Recommissioned
24 July 1951
Reclassified
MSF-382, 7 February 1955
Decommissioned
28 September 1956 at San Diego, California
Stricken
17 May 1974
Honors and awards
one battle star for World War II service and one for service in the Korean War
Fate
Transferred to Peru, 1 November 1960
History
Peru
Name
BAP Diez Canseco
Namesake
Diez Canseco
Acquired
1 November 1960
Fate
Stricken 1981
General characteristics
Class and type
Auk-class minesweeper
Displacement
890 tons
Length
221' 1"
Beam
32' 2"
Draft
10' 9"
Propulsion
two 3,532shp General Motors 12-278A diesel electric drive engines, Westinghouse single reduction gear, two shafts.
Speed
18.1 knots
Complement
117 officers and enlisted
Armament
one 3 in (76 mm) dual purpose gun mount
two single 40 mm gun mounts
six single 20 mm gun mounts
one depth charge thrower (Hedgehogs), four depth charge projectiles (k-guns), two depth charge tracks
USS Shoveler (AM-382) was an Auk-class minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing.
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