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AMc-142
Counsel (AM / MSF 165)

Call sign: November - Delta - Romeo - Alpha
Admirable Class Minesweeper: Changed from AMc-142 to AM-165, 21 February 1942; Laid down, 15 June 1942 by the Willamette Iron and Steel Corp., Portland, OR; Launched, 17 February 1943; Commissioned USS Counsel (AM 165), 27 May 1944; Decommissioned, 15 January 1947 at San Diego, CA; Reclassified Fleet Minesweeper (Steel Hull) MSF-163, 7 February 1955; Struck from the Naval Register, 1 July 1972; Sold for scrap, 1 September 1973. Counsel earned one battle star for World War II service.
Specifications: Displacement 650 t.; Length 184' 6"; Beam 33'; Draft 9' 9"; Speed 14.8 kts; Complement 104; Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, two twin 40mm gun mounts, one depth charge thrower (hedgehogs), two depth charge tracks; Propulsion two 1,710 shp ALCO diesel engines, two shafts.
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