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AMCU-5
ex-LCT(6)-889

AMCU-1 Class Coastal Minesweeper (Underwater Locator): Laid down, 29 May 1944 by the Darby Products and Steel Plate Corp., Kansas City, MO; Launched, 29 June 1944; Commissioned USS LCT(6)-889, 6 July 1944; Reclassified a Coastal Minesweeper (Underwater Locator), AMCU-5, 10 March 1945. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 143 t.; Length 119' 1"; Beam 32' 8"; Draft 3' 9"; Speed 10 kts; Complement 21; Armament, none; Propulsion three 675bhp Gray Marine 6-71 diesel engines, three shafts.

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