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Lorikeet (AMc 49)



Call sign:
Nan - Item - Dog - Victor
Accentor Class Coastal Minesweeper:

  • Laid down 28 February 1941 by the Greenport Basin and Construction Co., Greenport, Long Island, NY
  • Launched 19 April 1941
  • Placed in service 8 August 1941
  • Placed out of service 14 December 1945
  • Struck from the Naval Register 8 January 1946
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission 31 July 1947 and sold
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 185 t.
  • Length 97' 1"
  • Beam 22'
  • Draft 9'
  • Speed 10 kts.
  • Complement 17
  • Armament: Two .50 cal. machine guns
  • Propulsion: One 400bhp Cooper Bessemer G.N.-DR-6 diesel engine, one shaft.
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