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Kingbird (IX 176)
ex-AMc-56
Call sign:
Nan - Baker - Charlie - Sugar
Coastal Minesweeper: Built in 1939 as Governor Saltonstall by the Quincy Drydock and Yacht Co., Quincy, MA; Acquired by the Navy, 26 December 1940; Placed in service as USS Kingbird (AMc 56), 24 July 1941; Reclassified as an Unclassified Miscellaneous Auxiliary, IX-176, 10 July 1944 for use as a sound barge training ship; Placed out of service, 28 July 1944; Transferred to the War Shipping Administration for disposal, 7 June 1946. Fate unknown.
Specifications: Displacement 206 t.; Length 96' 7"; Beam 20' 8"; Draft 7'; Speed 9 kts.; Complement unknown; Armament two .30 cal. machine guns; Propulsion one 250shp Superior diesel engine, one shaft.
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