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Willet (ARS 12)
ex-AM-54
ex-Minesweeper No. 54
Lapwing Class Minesweeper: Laid down 26 May 1919 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA; Launched, 11 September 1919; Commissioned USS Willet, Minesweeper No. 54, 29 January 1920; Decommissioned, 29 May 1920 and loaned to the United States Shipping Board; Designated AM-54, 17 July 1920; Reclassified as a Salvage Vessel, ARS-12, 13 September 1941; Declared surplus, 1 December 1947; Struck from the Navy Register 5 December 1947; Sold for scrap 2 November 1948 to Joseph Demaso of Miami, FL.
Specifications: Displacement 840 t.; Length 187' 10"; Beam 35' 5'; Draft 8' 10"; Speed 14 kts; Complement 85; Armament two 3"/50 gun mounts (as AM), 20mm or smaller (as ARS); Propulsion two Babcock and Wilcox 200psi boilers, Harlan and Hollingsworth Corp.1,200shp triple expansion engine, one shaft.
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U. S. Navy photo from the November 1946 edition of All Hands magazine |
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View the Willet (AM 54)
DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway web site.
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National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen
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