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Ruddy (MSF 380)
ex-AM-380



Call sign:
November - India - Delta - Alpha


Ruddy served the Navies of the United States and Peru.
Auk Class Minesweeper: Laid down, 24 February 1944 by the Gulf Shipbuilding Corp., Chickasaw, AL; Launched, 29 October 1944; Commissioned USS Ruddy (AM 380), 28 April 1945; Decommissioned 15 January 1947 at San Diego, CA.; Recommissioned, 12 March 1952; Reclassified as a Fleet Minesweeper (Steel Hull), MSF-380, 10 February 1955; Decommissioned 31 August 1956 at San Diego; Transferred, 1 November 1960 to Peru under the terms of the military assistance program as Galvez (M 68); Struck from the Navy Register 17 May 1974; Transferred to the Peruvian Coast Guard in 1975; Retired in 1981. 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 single 40mm gun mounts, six single 20mm gun mounts, one depth charge thrower (hedgehogs), four depth charge projectiles (k-guns), 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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for full size image		 Size Image Description Source
USS Ruddy (AM 380)
Ruddy 42k c. 1945
National Archives photo from Allied Escort Ships of World War II by Peter Elliott		 Krlicbegovic Edib
Bosnia & Hercegovina
Ruddy 71k . Frank Hall
Ruddy 61k . Joe Radigan
USS Ruddy (MSF 380)
Ruddy 83k c. 1955
Entering Pearl Harbor, HI		 Ted Bojanowski
Ruddy 74k c. 1955
Enroute Pearl Harbor, HI to Sasebo, Japan		 Ted Bojanowski
Ruddy 82k c. 1955
Enroute Pearl Harbor, HI to Sasebo, Japan		 Ted Bojanowski
Galvez (M 68)
Ruddy 87k c. 1967 Robert Hurst
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