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MAy 1954 edition of All Hands magazine

Murrelet (MSF 372)
ex-AM-372



Call sign:
November - Hotel - Zulu - Xray


Murrelet served the Navies of the United States and the Philippines.
Auk Class Minesweeper:

  • Laid down, 24 August 1944 by the Savannah Machine and Foundry Co., Savannah, GA
  • Launched, 29 December 1944
  • Commissioned USS Murrelet (AM 372), 24 August 1945
  • Reclassified as a Fleet Minesweeper (Steel Hull), MSF-372, 7 February 1955
  • Decommissioned, 14 March 1957
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 December 1964
  • Transferred to the Philippines 18 June 1965 and renamed RPS Rizal (PCE 69)
  • Reclassified as a Patrol Corvette, PS-69
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 890 t.
  • Length 221' 1"
  • Beam 32' 2"
  • Draft 10' 9"
  • Speed 18.1 kts.
  • Complement 117
  • Armament: One 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount, two 40mm gun mounts, six 20mm gun mounts (After transfer to Philippine Navy a second 3"/50 was added along with two additional 40mm, and four 20mm), one depth charge
    thrower (hedgehogs), four depth charge projectors (k-guns) and two depth charge tracks
  • Propulsion: Two 3,532shp General Motors 12-278A diesel electric drive engines, Westinghouse single reduction gear, two shafts.
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    USS Murrelet (AM 372)
    Murrelet 79k . Frank Hall
    Murrelet 52k . Frank Hall
    Murrelet 78k . Gordon Patterson
    Murrelet 154k . Russ Padden
    Murrelet 97k U.S. Navy photo from the May 1953 issue of All Hands magazine Joe Radigan
    RPS Rizal (PS 69)
    Rizal 150k U.S. Navy photo Joe Radigan
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