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AMCU-1
ex-LCT(6)-843
AMCU-1 Class Coastal Minesweeper (Underwater Locator):
Laid down 25 May 1944 by the Kansas City Structural Steel Co., Kansas City, MO
Launched 21 June 1944
Placed in service as
LCT(6)-843
, 20 June 1944 under the command of LTJG J. T. Colentine, USN
Reclassified as a
Coastal Minesweeper (Underwater Locator),
AMCU-1
, 10 March 1945
Transferred to the State Department, Foreign Liquidation Commission in September 1945
Struck from the Naval Register 24 October 1945
Fate unknown.
Specifications:
Displacement 143 t.
Length 119' 1"
Beam 32' 8"
Draft 3' 9"
Speed 10 kts.
Complement 21
Propulsion: Three 250bhp Gray Marine 6-71 diesel engines, three shafts.
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