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Osprey (AM 56)



Call sign:
Nan - Able - Zebra - Charlie

Osprey sank 5 June 1944
Raven Class Minesweeper:

  • Laid down 28 June 1939 at Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA
  • Launched 24 August 1940
  • Commissioned 16 December 1940
  • Sunk 5 June 1944 after striking a mine in the English Channel enroute to Normandy invasion beaches
  • Struck from the Naval Register 22 August 1944.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 810 t.
  • Length 220' 5"
  • Beam 32'
  • Draft 9' 5"
  • Speed 18.1 kts.
  • Complement 105
  • Armament: One 3"/50 dual purpose mount, two 40mm mounts and two depth charge tracks
  • Propulsion: Two 1,800shp Fairbanks Morse 38RD8 diesel engines, Westinghouse single reduction gear, two shafts.
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    Osprey 90k Underway, circa April 1941, probably while running trials. Her bow numbers have been freshly painted out.
    U.S. Navy photo NH 84026    		 Naval Historical Center
    Osprey 101k Off the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, 19 April 1941.
    National Archives photos 19-N-23989, 19-N-23990 and 19-N-23991
    Osprey 98k
    Osprey 97k
    Osprey 27k c. 1943 Hyperwar U.S. Navy in WWII
    Commanding Officers
    01LCDR Cecil Llewellyn Blackwell, USN16 December 1940
    02LT Charles Henry Swimm, USN15 January 1943 - 5 June 1944
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves
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    DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway website
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    Naval Minewarfare Association
    Association of Minemen
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