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Swerve (AM 121)

Call sign:
November - Bravo - Kilo - Charlie

Sunk 9 July 1944

Auk Class Minesweeper: Laid down, 27 May 1942 by the John H. Mathis Co., Camden, NJ; Launched, 25 February 1943; Commissioned 23 January 1944; Struck a mine and sank off Anzio Beach, Italy 9 July 1944; Struck from the Naval Register, 22 August 1944.

Specifications: Displacement 890 t.; Length 221' 2"; Beam 32'; Draft 10' 9"; Speed 18.1 kts.; Complement 105; Armament one single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount, two single 40mm gun mounts, two single 20mm gun mounts, two depth charge tracks, five depth charge projectiles; Propulsion two 3,532shp General Motors 12-278 diesel electric engines, Farrel-Birmingham reduction gear, two shafts.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
	50k	c. 1944 National Archives photo from Allied Escort Ships of World War II by Peter Elliott		Krlicbegovic Edib Bosnia & Hercegovina
	50k	U.S. Navy photo from the February 1947 edition of All Hands magazine.		Joe Radigan

View the Swerve (AM 121)
DANFS History entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen

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