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C-13538
ex-Heath Hen (AMc 6)
Call sign:
Nan - Able - Queen - Baker
Coastal Minesweeper:
Built in 1936 as
Noreen
by A. D. Storey, Fairhaven, MA
Acquired by the Navy 18 October 1940
Converted to a
Coastal Minesweeper
and placed in service as
USS Heath Hen (AMc 6)
, 20 January 1941
Reclassified as a
Small Boat,
C-13538
in June 1944
Transferred to the Maritime Commission and sold 10 May 1948
Fate unknown.
Specifications:
Displacement 270 t.
Length 94' 4"
Beam 22'
Draft 8' 6"
Speed 9 kts.
Complement 16
Propulsion: One diesel engine, one shaft.
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Namesake:
Heath Hen
- A black grouse
Tommy Trampp
Photo added 21 December 2021
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c. 1941
USS Kestrel (AMc 5)
and
USS Heath Hen
at a Tidewater, Virginia shipyard
Life magazine photo by George Strock
John Chiquoine
View the
Heath Hen (AMc 6)
DANFS
history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway website
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