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Skill (AM-115)

Sunk 25 September 1943

Auk Class Minesweeper:

Laid down 28 November 1941 at American Shipbuilding, Cleveland OH

Launched 22 June 1942

Sponsored by Mrs. T. Schurin

Commissioned USS Skill (AM 115), 17 November 1942

Staff (AM 114) was damaged by mine 15 July 1943 off Port Empedocle, Sicily at 37º17'N, 13º30'E. Skill entered the minefield and towed Staff to safety

Helped tow the damaged destroyer Mayrant (DD 402), 26 July 1943 that was bombed by a German bomber off Palermo, Sicily

Damaged by German bomber off Sicily, 1 August 1943

Torpeoded and sunk by the German submarine U-593 off Salerno, Sicily, Italy 25 September 1943

Struck from the Naval Register 11 November 1943.

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 3,532shp General Motors 12-278 diesel electric engines, Farrel- Birmingham single reduction gear, two shafts.

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Additional Resources and Websites of Interest

Naval Minewarfare Association

Association of Minemen

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