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Portent (AM 106)
Auk Class Minesweeper: Laid down, 15 November 1941 by the Pennsylvania Shipyards Inc., Beaumont, TX; Launched, 16 August 1942; Commissioned, USS Portent (AM 106), 3 April 1943; Struck a mine near Anzio, Italy and sank, 22 January 1944; Struck from the Naval Register, 6 March 1944. Portent earned one battle star for World War II service.
Specifications: Displacement 890 t.; Length 221' 2"; Beam 32'; Draft 10' 9"; Speed 18.1 kts; Complement 105; Armament, one single 3"/50 gun mount, two 40mm gun mounts, eight 20mm gun mounts, three .30 cal. machine guns, and two depth charge tracks; Propulsion two diesel engines, two shafts.
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