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Portent (AM 106)

Sunk 22 January 1944
Auk Class Minesweeper:

  • Laid down 15 November 1941 by the Pennsylvania Shipyards Inc., Beaumont, TX
  • Launched 16 August 1942
  • Commissioned 3 April 1943
  • Struck a mine near Anzio, Italy and sank, 22 January 1944
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 6 March 1944.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 890 t.
  • Length 221' 2"
  • Beam 32'
  • Draft 10' 9"
  • Speed 18.1 kts.
  • Complement 105
  • Armament: One 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount, two 40mm gun mounts, two 20mm gun mounts, two depth charge tracks, and five depth charge projectors
  • Propulsion: Two 1,559shp Busch Sulzer 539 diesel electric engines, Westinghouse reduction gear, two shafts.
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    Portent 147k 22 January 1944
    Sinking off Anzio after hitting a mine on "D-Day," 22 January 1944
    Photographed from a USS Brooklyn (CL-40) 40mm anti-aircraft gun mount
    National Archives photo 80-G-212430    		 Mike Green
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    DANFS history entry located on the Naval History and Heritage Command website
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