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Saunter (AM 295)

Call sign:
Nan - Queen - Oboe - Nan

Admirable Class Minesweeper:

Laid down 23 November 1942 by the Winslow Marine Railway and Ship Building Co., Seattle, WA

Launched 20 February 1943

Commissioned 22 January 1944

Decommissioned 22 October 1945 at Alameda, CA

Struck from the Naval Register 13 November 1945

Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal 24 April 1946

Naval Vessel Register of 1 January 1949 lists transfer to the War Shipping Administration in April 1947

Sold in April 1947 to Learner and Co. of Oakland, CA

Fate unknown.

Specifications:

Displacement 945 t.(fl)

Length 184' 6"

Beam 33'

Draft 9' 9"

Speed 14.8 kts.

Complement 104

Armament: One 3"/50 dual purpose mount, one twin 40mm gun mount, six 20mm gun mounts, one depth charge projector (hedgehog), four depth charge projectors (K-guns) and two depth charge tracks

Propulsion: Two 855shp Cooper Bessemer GSB-8 diesel engines, National Supply Co. single reduction gear, two shafts.

Click on thumbnail for full size image	Size	Image Description		Source
	276k	Addendum to Dictionary of American Fighting Ships		Ron Reeves

Commanding Officers
01	LCDR James Robert Keefer, USNR	22 January 1944 - 14 June 1945
02	LT Dallas Walker Hunter, USNR	14 June 1945 - 27 October 1945

Courtesy of Wolfgang Hechler, Ron Reeves and R. A. Moody

View the Saunter (AM 295)
DANFS History entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Website

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

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