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AM / MSF / WTR-385 Tanager


Auk Class Minesweeper: Laid down, 29 March 1944 by American Shipbuilding Co., Lorain Ohio; Launched, 9 December 1944; Commissioned USS Tanager (AM-385), 28 July 1945; Decommissioned, 10 December 1954 at Orange TX; Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Orange Group; Redesignated Fleet Minesweeper (Steel-hulled) (MSF-385), 7 February 1955; Transferred to the Coast Guard, 4 October 1963; Struck from the Naval Register, 1 November 1963; Commissioned USCGC Tanager (WTR-385), 16 July 1964; Decommissioned, 1 February 1972; Final Disposition, sold to William A Hardesty, Seattle Wash, 15 November 1972, fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 890 t.; Length 221' 3"; Beam 32'; Draft 10' 9"; Speed 18 kts; Complement 105; Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, two twin 40mm gun mounts, two single 20mm gun mounts, two dcpth charge tracks, five depth charge projectiles; Propulsion, diesel.
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Tanager 14k 1953 Marseille France, left to right
AM-114 Staff
AM-388 Towhee
AM-385 Tanager
AM-386 Tercel
Bob Gerety, crewmember
Bob's Minesweeper Site
Tanager 18k Seen here as USCGC Tanager (WTR-385) Ken Laesser

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U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

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Bob's Minesweeper Site
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen
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