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Symbol (AM 123)

Call sign:
November - Bravo - Echo - Delta

Symbol served the Navies of the United States and Mexico.

Auk Class Minesweeper:

Laid down 18 November 1941 by Savannah Machinery and Foundry Co., Savannah, GA

Launched, 2 July 1942

Commissioned USS Symbol (AM 123), 10 December 1942

Decommissioned, 31 May 1946 at San Diego, CA

Recommissioned, 28 October 1950

Placed out of commission, in reserve, 27 July 1956

Struck from the Navy Register 1 July 1972, transferred to Mexico and renamed ARM Guillermo Prieto (G 02)

Fate unknown.

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 reduction gear, two shafts.

Size	Image Description	Source
89k	.	Clay Riley EM2 via Frank Hall
40k	.	Joe Radigan
263k	.	David Buell
53k	Recovering a "Dummy" mine.	Frank Hall
167k	Recovering a "Dummy" mine.	Frank Hall
118k	.	Russ Padden

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DANFS History entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site.

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