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Shawmut (CM-11)
ex-Salem



Call sign:
November - Charlie - Hotel - November
Salem Class Minelayer: Laid down in 1916 as SS Joseph R. Parrott by the William Cramp and Sons Shipbuilding Co., Philadelphia, PA ; Acquired by the Navy 8 June 1942; Renamed Salem and converted to a Minelayer, CM-11; Commissioned USS Salem (CM-11), 9 August 1942; Renamed Shawmut 15 August 1945; Decommissioned, 6 December 1945; Struck from the Naval Register, 3 January 1946; Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 20 June 1946 for disposal; Sold 7 March 1947 to the West India Fruit and Steam Ship Co. and renamed Joseph R. Parrot. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 5,300 t.; Length 350'; Beam 57'; Draft 15'; Speed 12 kts; Complement 219; Armament three 3"/50s and nineteen 20mm; Propulsion Cramp 2,700shp vertical triple-expansion, two shafts.

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Salem 41k U.S. Navy photo United States Naval & Shipbuilding Museum and USS Salem (CA 139)
Salem 152k U.S. Navy photo United States Naval & Shipbuilding Museum and USS Salem (CA 139)
Salem 39k . Hyperwar U.S. Navy in WWII
Salem 80k . Hyperwar U.S. Navy in WWII
Salem 126k 29 April 1944
U.S. Navy photo		 United States Naval & Shipbuilding Museum and USS Salem (CA 139)
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