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Phoebe (AMc 57)

Call sign:
November - Bravo - Juiet - Golf

Coastal Minesweeper: Laid down 5 December 1940 as Western Robin by the Western Boat Building Co., Tacoma, WA.; Launched in 1941; Commissioned USS Phoebe (AMc 57), 2 May 1941; Struck from the Naval Register, 8 January 1946; Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal in March 1946; Sold 27 March 1946 to her builder, the Western Boat Building Co. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 205 t.; Length 95'; Beam 23' 9"; Draft 11'; Speed 11 kts; Complement 17; Armament two .50 cal. machine guns; Propulsion one 400bhp Atlas 6H-M-2124 diesel engine, one shaft.

Size	Image Description	Source
79k	c. 1943	Gunter Krebs
166k	c. 1943 - 45 Dutch Harbor, Aleutians.	Contributed by Cyrus Dodd III, in honor of his father, Cyrus C. Dodd Jr., former crew member of Phoebe.
103k	c. 1943 - 45 Dutch Harbor, Aleutians. Phoebe pierside, YMS-135 center and YMS-130 outboard.	Contributed by Cyrus Dodd III, in honor of his father, Cyrus C. Dodd Jr., former crew member of Phoebe.
141k	c. 1943 - 45 Dutch Harbor, Aleutians. PC-786 and PC-792 tied up astern of Phoebe.	Contributed by Cyrus Dodd III, in honor of his father, Cyrus C. Dodd Jr., former crew member of Phoebe.

View the Phoebe (AMc-57)
DANFS History entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
AMc-57 Phoebe Crew Photo Page
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen

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