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AM-223 / MSF-223 Dour


Admirable Class Minesweeper: Laid down at American Shipbuilding Co., Lorain, Ohio; Launched, 25 March 1944; Commissioned, 4 November 1944; Decommissioned, 15 March 1947 at Orange TX; Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Texas Group, Orange; Reclassified Fleet Minesweeper (MSF-223) 7 February 1955; Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown); Final Disposition, fate unknown; Dour received three battle stars for World War II service.

Specifications: Displacement 540 t.(lt), 795 t.(fl); Length 184' 6"; Beam 33'; Draft 9' 9"; Speed 15 kts; Complement 104; Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, two twin 40mm gun mounts, six single 20mm gun mounts, one depth charge thrower (hedgehogs), four depth charge projectiles (k-guns), two depth charge tracks; Propulsion, diesel-electric, two turbines, twin screws, 1,800shp.
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