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Brambling (AMc 39)

Call sign:
Nan - Baker - Able - Mike

Accentor Class Coastal Minesweeper:

The first Brambling was laid down 4 February 1941 by W. A. Robinson, Inc., Ipswich, MA

Launched 7 August 1941

Commissioned USS Brambling (AMc 39), 15 October 1941

Decommissioned and placed in service 16 May 1942

Placed out of service 12 February 1946

Struck from the Naval Register 26 February 1946

Transferred to the Maritime Commission 27 October 1947 and sold

Acquired in 1950 by Evald Sooter of Miami, FL for use as a fishing boat and renamed Spot Pack

Acquired in 1953 by Spot Pack Inc. of Marathon, FL

Burned to the water line and sank 28 April 1954.

Specifications:

Displacement 205 t.

Length 97' 6"

Beam 22' 6"

Draft 8' 11"

Speed 10 kts.

Complement 17

Armament: One .50 cal. machine gun

Propulsion: One 400shp Cooper Bessemer G. N.-8-STB diesel engine, one shaft.

Click on thumbnail for full size image	Size	Image Description		Source
	36k	Namesake: *Brambling* - An attractively colored finch that breeds in the northern reaches of Eurasia and flies south in winter. This handsome bird is also known as the bramble finch		Tommy Trampp
No image of Brambling (AMc 39) is available at this time

An attractively colored finch that breeds in the northern reaches of Eurasia and flies south in winter. This handsome bird is also known as the bramble finch

Commanding Officers
01	ENS John Edwin Johansen, USNR	15 October 1941


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

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