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Condor (AMc 14)



Call sign:
November - Alpha - Romeo - Whiskey

Coastal Minesweeper: Built in 1937 as New Example at Tacoma, WA; Acquired by the Navy, 28 October 1940 for conversion to a Coastal Minesweeper; Commissioned USS Condor (AMc 14), 18 April 1941; Decommissioned 17 January 1946; Struck from the list of District Craft in February 1946; Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal 24 July 1946. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 195 t.; Length 77' 9"; Beam 21' 10"; Draft 9' 4"; Depth of Hold 10'; Speed 9 kts.; Complement 17; Armament one .50 cal. machine gun; Propulsion one 200bhp Enterprise DMW-6 diesel engine, one shaft.


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Condor 98k c. 1941, probably off San Diego, CA.
Photo from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the National Archives.
US Navy Photo 19-N-24615
Naval Historical Center

View the Condor (AMc-14)
DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway web site
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

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Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen

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