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Reproof (AM 290)



Call sign:
Nan - Queen - Item - Nan
Admirable Class Minesweeper:

  • Laid down 1 December 1944 as Reproof (AM 290) by the General Engineering and Dry Dock Co., Alameda, CA
  • Launched 8 August 1944
  • Construction canceled 11 November 1945
  • Hull purchased in 1947 and completed as Harcourt Malcolm
  • Renamed Cotten Bay in 1953
  • Renamed Stratford in 1960
  • Renamed Anastasio in 1968
  • No longer on the merchant shipping lists into the 1980s
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 998 t.
  • Length 184' 6"
  • Beam 33'
  • Draft 9' 9"
  • Speed 14.8 kts.
  • Propulsion: Two 1,710shp Cooper Bessemer GSB-8 diesel engines, National Supply Co. single reduction gear, two shafts.
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    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    American Ship Building
    110225801    		 1.38k The Reproof (AM-290) was built by the General Engineering and Dry Dock Co., Alameda, CA Photo courtesy of wikimedia.org
    Reproof 186k c. 1945
    Fitting out at the General Engineering and Drydock Co., Alameda, California
    U.S. Navy photo NH 72389    		 Naval History and Heritage Command
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    DANFS history entry located on the Naval History and Heritage Command website
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