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Killdeer (IX 194)
AMc-21



Call sign:
November - Uniform - Mike - Foxtrot
Killdeer Class Coastal Minesweeper: Laid down in 1937 as the purse seiner Vindicator by Al Larson, Los Angeles, CA ; Acquired by the Navy, 8 November 1940 and placed in service as USS Killdeer (AMc 21); Placed out of service, 12 September 1944; Reclassified as a Unclassified Miscellaneous Auxiliary, IX-194; Struck from the Naval Register, 2 June 1945; Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 9 January 1946. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 110 tons; Length 105' 7"; Beam 22' 10"; Draft 9' 8"; Speed 10 knots; Complement 18; Armament one .50 cal. machine gun; Propulsion diesel, two shafts.

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Killdeer 121k c. 1943.
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