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Sentry (MSF 299)
ex-AM-299



Call sign:
November - Quebec - Papa - November


Sentry served the Navies of the United States and South Vietnam.
Admirable Class Minesweeper:

  • Laid down 16 May 1943 at Winslow Marine Railway and Shipbuilding Co, Seattle WA
  • Launched 15 August 1943
  • Commissioned USS Sentry (AM 299), 30 May 1944
    Naval Vessel Register of 1 January 1949 lists plan for decommissioning and placing in reserve as December 1945
  • Decommissioned 19 June 1946 at Orange, TX
  • Reclassified as a Fleet Minesweeper (Steel Hull), MSF-299, 7 February 1955
  • Struck from the Navy Register 1 February 1962
  • Transferred to the Republic of Vietnam 31 August 1962 and renamed RVN Ky Hoa (HQ 09)
  • Fate unknown
  • In addition to her six battle stars for World War II service, Sentry was also awarded a Navy Unit Commendation and a Presidential Unit Citation.

    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 1,710shp Cooper Bessemer GSB-8 diesel engines, National Supply Co. single reduction gear, two shafts.
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    USS Sentry (AM 299)
    Sentry 231k In camouflage pattern soon after commissioning. Vic Barnaby
    Sentry 116k .
    RVN Ky Hoa (HQ 9)
    Sentry 47k . .
    Sentry 79k c. 1963 Robert Hurst
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